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1 dead, 1 wounded in LA's Wilmington neighborhood

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One man died and another was critically wounded in a shooting in Los Angeles' Wilmington neighborhood Monday evening.

The deceased was a man between 40 and 50 years old, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The other victim is a 50-year-old man who was conscious and rushed to a hospital, according to the department.

The shooting happened around 5:13 p.m. in a residential area near the intersection of M Street and Sanford Avenue, the LAPD said. NBC4’s NewsChopper4 helicopter showed blood on the ground and police officers gathered around a white tent on the sidewalk in front of a house.

The gunman, a 25-year-old man, took off in an older-model, four-door Toyota Camry, according to the police department.

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