2 teens hurt, 1 man dead in Pomona shootings less than mile apart

ByABC7.com staff KABC logo
Thursday, February 4, 2016
A man was found dead inside a minivan (left) less than a mile away from a shooting that left two teens injured in Pomona (right) early Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016.
A man was found dead inside a minivan (left) less than a mile away from a shooting that left two teens injured in Pomona (right) early Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016.
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POMONA, Calif. (KABC) -- Police are investigating two shootings that happened less than a mile apart in Pomona early Thursday.

Officers were responding to a call of two teenage shooting victims in the 1700 block of Norval Street when they were called to the 1700 block of S. Garey Avenue about a man found dead inside a minivan.

Police said a nearby resident found the victim, described as a Hispanic man in his 30s. He was believed to be in the van for more than an hour, according to Pomona PD.

In the first incident, police said a man walked up to three teens and opened fire. Two were struck and rushed to the hospital. Both victims were expected to survive.

Police were investigating whether the two incidents were related.