Hollywood Los Angeles car attack: What do we know about suspect who drove car into crowd?
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A man suspected of driving a car into a crowd in Hollywood early Saturday and injuring 30 people is in custody, a Los Angeles Police Department official said. A driver of a small hatchback plowed into a crowd outside a Los Angeles music venue early Saturday, injuring at least 30 people, including seven critically, authorities said. People in the crowd pulled the driver from the car and were beating him when police officers arrived, authorities said. As he was being treated, emergency workers discovered a gunshot wound, and he has been hospitalized. Investigators were trying to determine the circumstances preceding the crash, police officials said, and whether it was intentional."He was transported to the hospital, he's undergoing surgery, he is in stable condition. However, he is not free to leave, he is in the custody of Los Angeles Police Department, and we're looking at charges such as attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon at this point," Lillian Carranza told broadcaster CBS, as per AFP report.Officials said the driver veered onto the sidewalk about 2 a.m. near the intersection of North Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in the East Hollywood neighborhood. The crowd had come from a night of DJs playing reggaeton and hip-hop that had just ended at the Vermont Hollywood, a performance venue and club.The vehicle struck a taco cart and "then ultimately ran into a large number of people who were outside a club in East Hollywood," Captain Adam VanGerpen, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, told reporters at the scene on Saturday morning.Video captured at the scene showed firefighters treating injured people on tarps on Vermont Avenue, and a small gray car with its front end mangled outside the doors of the venue. The sidewalk was littered with debris, including a pair of sneakers left in front of where the car had stopped.Sandra Savis, the general manager of the Vermont Hollywood, expressed her gratitude for the "swift and compassionate" response of firefighters and police officers. "We are working closely with law enforcement to ensure the person responsible for this horrific act is held fully accountable," she said in a statement.The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, called the crash "a heartbreaking tragedy." "The hearts of all Angelenos are with East Hollywood this morning and those impacted," she said in a social media post on Saturday morning.A1. Mayor of Los Angeles is Karen Bass.A2. Officials said the driver veered onto the sidewalk about 2 a.m. near the intersection of North Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in the East Hollywood neighborhood. The crowd had come from a night of DJs playing reggaeton and hip-hop that had just ended at the Vermont Hollywood, a performance venue and club.
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