10-year-old girl grazed by gunfire in Pacoima; 4 men also shot
A 10-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet and four men were shot Friday night in Pacoima, police said.
The girl is expected to survive. Two of the men were in critical condition.
The shooting occurred about 7:50 p.m. in the 13000 block of Jouett Street, said Los Angeles Police Officer Irma Mota.
The men who were shot are in their 20s and 30s.
A bloody and gruesome scene in Pacoima where police say 5 people were shot including this 10 year old girl who, witnesses say, was grazed by a bullet. We're live at 11 @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/1J0ezt9gVj
— Jory Rand (@ABC7Jory) December 16, 2017
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Rong-Gong Lin II is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and other natural disasters, public health and extreme weather. The Bay Area native is a graduate of UC Berkeley and started at The Times in 2004.
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