A fight outside a Bellflower Denny’s restaurant led to gunfire this morning and a wounded person later showed up at a hospital, according to authorities.
The shooting was reported at 2:57 a.m. in the parking lot of the Denny’s restaurant at Artesia and Lakewood boulevards, said Lt. F. Maldonado of the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station.
“Multiple people were fighting in the parking lot,” Maldonado told City News Service. “Three or four shots were heard.”
A victim showed up at a hospital in the Lakewood area and the victim was taken to a Long Beach hospital for treatment, he said.
The age and gender of the victim and the extent of injuries were not immediately available, Maldonado said.
KCAL reported the victim had gunshot wounds to the head, back and chest.