Student shot while walking home from school in West LA
File photo shows the front of Hamilton High School on Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - A student was shot while walking home from school in West Los Angeles on Tuesday, authorities said.
Police responded to a local hospital following reports of a shooting victim. The 15-year-old student, who was not identified, was taken to the hospital by private transportation and is currently in stable condition, the Los Angeles Police Department told FOX 11.
The LA Times reports that the student was walking home from Hamilton High School near Reynier Park around 3:40 p.m. when someone in a car drove up to him and drew a handgun.
The motive behind the shooting was not immediately clear.
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No suspect description was available.
This is just the latest in a series of violent attacks against students across Los Angeles.
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