Mary Vigil said her brother and nephew were returning from a funeral visitation, and believes they were being followed.
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Both men were shot as her nephew was opening the gate.
"I just heard pop pop pop," Virgil said. "I thought at first they were fireworks, and then I heard screaming, so I opened the door, and it was my nephew here on the grass area, and they got shot."
The suspects fled the scene. The shooting happened at about 9:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of Flint Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Vigil said her nephew is in the ICU. She said the men are not involved with a gang.
A motive for the shooting was not immediately known. A description of the shooter was not available.
Other shootings have occurred in front of Virgil's house, and she said she doesn't feel safe in her neighborhood.
The investigation is ongoing.