A Los Angeles student was hospitalized after allegedly being shot while walking home from high school.
The unidentified 10th grader at Hamilton High School was walking Tuesday afternoon in an alley near Reynier Park in western Los Angeles when a car approached him, police said. The person inside the vehicle fired a handgun at him, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner. The unidentified victim was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.
The LAPD said that no motive or suspect could be immediately identified.
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There has been a rise in violence among students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Los Angeles Times reported, especially when students are coming to or leaving school. Last week, two girls were walking to Fairfax High School when they were attacked by two women who threw them to the ground, according to the report.
Also last week, a student in south Los Angeles was beaten and robbed, and a 17-year-old was stabbed by another student last month, the outlet reported. In October, a female student was allegedly sexually assaulted in the bathroom by another student at Hamilton High School.
Rudy Perez, a spokesman for the Los Angeles School Police Department, told the outlet that the level of violence is unprecedented.
“Is there an epidemic of high violence now affecting our students? Yes,” Perez said. “But we’re doing our very best to address these issues, especially trying to cultivate a culture of safety.”
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The LAPD is investigating the incident.
Representatives for the LAUSD did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
