A shooting Saturday evening during a barbecue at Royal Palms Beach in San Pedro left five people wounded, one critically, authorities said.
The shooting was reported at 5:45 p.m. Saturday at Paseo Del Mar and Graysby Avenue, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Warren Moore.
Two suspects approached a group at the barbecue and an altercation ensued that led to the shooting, police said.
The wounded were all male, ranging in age from 15 to 51, according to media reports.
“We’re outraged and saddened by the shooting at Royal Palms Beach in San Pedro that has left five people injured,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a joint statement with Los Angeles City Councilman Tim McOsker. “It’s tragically ironic that today we hosted a gun buy-back event just a few miles away from this location. Gun violence is wreaking havoc on our community.”
Royal Palms Beach will be closed Sunday and will close earlier on weekends “as we work on plans together to ensure safety and peaceful community use,” Hahn and McOsker said in the statement.
Four of the wounded victims were taken to hospitals by paramedics, Moore said. One victim was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle.
One victim was in critical condition and the other four had stable vital signs, police said.
The LAPD confirmed the shootings were the result of an altercation and said the two suspects fled in a silver sedan.
Moore told the Los Angeles Times one suspect has been described as a man in his 20s with a buzz haircut, wearing all black, including a black mask, and is believed to have fired a semiautomatic handgun.