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Two men wounded in Lancaster shooting

by The AV Times Staff • August 21, 2018

[Photo Credit: AV News Crew]
LANCASTER – Two men were hospitalized Monday with wounds suffered in a Lancaster shooting.

But sheriff’s officials have released little details about the incident, which was reported around 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, in the 44100 block of Beech Avenue. according to Sgt. D. Jennings of the sheriff’s Lancaster Station said.

Deputies who responded to the shooting confirmed there was a victim. A short time later, deputies conducted a traffic stop nearby on a vehicle that appeared to have bullet holes and discovered that the driver of that vehicle was also struck by gunfire, sheriff’s officials said.

Both victims were taken to Antelope Valley Hospital but Sgt. Jennings said he did not know their conditions.

No suspect information was released, and no further information on the incident was immediately available.

This shooting remains under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station at 661-948-8466.

Editor’s note: We will update this story with more information if it becomes available.

[Photo Credit: AV News Crew]
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Filed Under: Lancaster

12 comments for "Two men wounded in Lancaster shooting"

  1. Ges says

    August 24, 2018 at 10:22 pm

    All you people need to grow up. We’ve all lived in poverty at some point. Unless you were born with a gold spoon in your mouth. Then i cant include ya”ll…

  2. Ron says

    August 22, 2018 at 8:40 am

    Most likely gang members. Let them have at it.

  3. IlovetheAV says

    August 22, 2018 at 8:39 am

    yay i love living in the Antelope Valley!!! Home of the low income section 8 citizens where you can expect gun fire on a daily basis!!
    I love the fact that every freeway off ramp has homeless people begging for money.
    I love the fact that the crime rate is super high up here.
    I love the fact that we now have a heroin epidemic up here .
    I love the fact that my neighbors house was burglarized recently.
    I love the AV.. great place to raise my kids with kids from Compton brought up here for cheaper living.

    • mlza says

      August 22, 2018 at 9:31 am

      Crime makes a place unsafe, of course, but I don’t think you should paint everyone with the same brush. Mixed in with criminal offenders are a lot of decent, hardworking people, who’s only commonality with “gangsters” is poverty. We should not chastise the individual and instead take a hard look at the system that allows and encourages poverty to ravage communities. I hold a Master’s Degree and have a “good” job, but I still have to live in Lancaster and send my kid to an unsafe school because I simply cannot afford any other option in the LA area.

      Be careful how you speak — 51% of Americans are one paycheck away from living in a tent. Finger wag too much, and you may be the next person unzipping their front door.

      • Alexis says

        August 22, 2018 at 11:22 am

        Thank you Miza, for an intelligent post.

    • Lae says

      August 22, 2018 at 10:29 am

      you are aware that every city is like what you describe, right? it’s not only Lancaster and Palmdale, the entire AV, or all of Southern California. it’s everywhere. but like mlza said, not everyone here (or anywhere else, for that matter) is a criminal or in a gang or abuses section 8. there are good, hardworking, non-criminal folks – like myself – who work their butts off, every single day, with little pay. stuck between the thieves and Bloods and drunk drivers, we’re just trying to live our lives to the best of our abilities. poverty sucks, especially when there’s no real way out, but at the moment, i dont have a choice except to suck it up and deal with it.

      • Tim Scott says

        August 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm

        Hang in there Lae, and always look to the good.

    • Im just White girl not gang member says

      August 22, 2018 at 2:42 pm

      If you can’t hang with the big dawgs stay on the porch lol just saying….if you don’t like it out here, leave.

    • Imtay Otscay says

      August 22, 2018 at 3:01 pm

      Heroin? I think meth is the official homeless drug of the AV. And I don’t mind giving to off-ramp panhandlers, they give you a little sticker you place on your windshield that says “I Gave”, it lets the other bums know not to break in your car and its good for 2 weeks.

      • Bdog says

        August 22, 2018 at 8:56 pm

        Lmfao

    • Missy says

      August 24, 2018 at 11:53 am

      stop complaining and find somewhere else to live and take your kids with you

      • Serena says

        August 24, 2018 at 3:53 pm

        Why don’t you? …You first!

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