Driver Plows Into La Crowd, Injuring At Least 36, Then Shot By Unknown Bystander 'in The Butt'

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A driver injured astatine slightest 36 group erstwhile he drove his car into a crowd successful East Los Angeles astatine astir 2:00 a.m. The suspect's Nissan Versa yet came to a extremity aft hitting a pole, and bystanders pulled nan driver, later identified as 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez, from nan wreck. After Ramirez had been pulled retired of nan car, though, an chartless assailant changeable him. Ramirez survived nan gunshot coiled agelong capable to beryllium taken to nan infirmary for treatment, ABC7 News reports.

The clang took spot extracurricular of nan Vermont Hollywood, a euphony venue located adjacent Santa Monica Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. Of nan 30 aliases truthful group who Ramirez reportedly hit, 23 were taken to nan infirmary for their injuries, pinch 7 successful captious information and six successful superior condition. Thankfully, though, truthful far, nary 1 has died, though ABC News reports only 1 is still successful captious condition. That unfortunate is reportedly a young female successful her 20s whose legs were injured successful nan crash. Everyone who was injured is expected to survive.

Initial reports claimed nan driver had mislaid consciousness earlier nan crash, but nan Los Angeles Fire Department later told ABC7 it could nary longer corroborate that information. Ramirez has since been booked connected suspicion of assault pinch a deadly weapon, pinch general charges coming. The Los Angeles Police Department has released respective photos of nan man they fishy changeable Ramirez but person yet to place aliases find him. It besides isn't clear why he allegedly changeable Ramirez.

While we still person a batch much questions than answers astatine this time, authorities now judge revenge whitethorn person been a motivating factor, arsenic Ramirez was reportedly kicked retired of nan Vermont Hollywood that nighttime soon earlier he allegedly drove his car into nan crowd. After being kicked retired of nan venue, Ramirez reportedly sewage into his car and made a u-turn, past drove onto nan sidewalk and into nan statement of group extracurricular nan club.

"We successful nan club, we standing, we're for illustration 5 group behind, and we perceive a large bang. So we each commencement ducking. We deliberation it's gunshots. We look retired nan nine and it's a car into nan f—— crowd correct there. It's crazy because group everyplace are laying down. People are bleeding retired and stuff. And we're like, 'Damn,' like, and we're successful disbelief because, 20 seconds much and it could person been us," 1 witnesser told ABC7.

Following nan crash, bystanders pulled Ramirez from nan wreck and began kicking and punching him. It was astatine that constituent that nan chartless shooter reportedly crossed nan thoroughfare and "shot nan fishy successful nan butt." He past fled nan segment and remains astatine large. Currently, it isn't clear whether nan 2 men had a pre-existing narration aliases if nan man was responding to Ramirez driving his car into nan crowd. 

The Vermont Hollywood released a statement pursuing nan crash, saying, "We are profoundly saddened by nan tragic incident that occurred early Saturday greeting extracurricular our venue," and, "We are moving intimately pinch rule enforcement to guarantee nan personification responsible for this horrific enactment is held afloat accountable."