SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man was in critical condition after being shot in the head Wednesday morning in the Vermont Square neighborhood of South L.A., authorities said.
The shooting was reported at 3 a.m. in the area of 42nd and Flower streets, said a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest Division. A Flower Street overpass crosses the 110 Freeway at the scene.
Officers arrived to find a man in his 40s suffering from a single gunshot wound, according to the LAPD. He was transported to California Hospital Medical Center.
A homeless encampment was seen on the overpass, but it was unclear if the victim himself was homeless.
No description of the shooter was available.
Man critical after being shot in head in Vermont Square, LAPD says; assailant at large
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