By Daily Press staff
A man was shot early Sunday on Ocean Avenue in a possible gang-related shooting involving seven people, police said.
At about 4:05 a.m. Santa Monica Police officers found a 26-year-old man in the 1600 Block of Ocean Avenue, just south of the pier, with a gunshot wound. The victim, a resident of Bell Gardens, was transported to a local hospital and treated for a wound to the abdomen. His injuries are not life threatening, police said.
The first suspect is described as a male Hispanic, between 26 to 30-years old, 5’ 5”, 200 lbs., wearing a white thermal-type shirt and gray pants. The other suspects are both male and female Hispanics, but police have no other information about their descriptions.
The investigation is on going. Police ask anyone with information to call the robbery-homicide Unit of the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8451.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2003. Read the original PDF.