Remnants of police flares on the corner of 1st and Gless Streets, indicating police activity the night prior. Photos by Andrew Lopez for Boyle Heights Beat

An early evening shooting left two victims injured near the intersection of 1st and Gless Streets Sunday. 

The intersection along 1st Street where the shooting happened.

The victims, a man and a woman, were standing in the area –near the Pecan Recreation Center– when the suspect approached and shot multiple rounds at them. The suspect then fled in an unknown direction according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

No further details regarding the description of the suspect or getaway vehicle were available. 

The victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition.

The Pecan Recreation Center’s gymnasium, nearby the shooting that injured two people.

An LAPD spokesperson confirmed to Boyle Heights Beat that the shooting is currently believed to be gang related. 

Andrew Lopez is a Los Angeles native with roots across the Eastside. He studied at San Francisco State University and later earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Los Angeles from the Bay Area to report for Boyle Heights Beat from 2023 to 2025 through UC Berkeley’s California Local News Fellowship. When he is not reporting, Lopez mentors youth journalists through The LA Local’s youth journalism program. He enjoys practicing photojournalism and covering the intersections of culture, history and local government in Eastside communities.

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