By Lookout Staff
October 2, 2009 -- Two suspects involved in a shooting that injured two men near the Santa Monica-Venice border were arrested after police chased down their truck on the freeway Wednesday evening.
The two victims -- an 18-year-old Latino man and a white man in his 70s -- were both shot in the leg shortly after 6 p.m. near 7th and Marine streets.
The older man is thought to have been an innocent bystander, police said.
Both victims were transported to a local hospital for their non-life threatening injuries, said Sgt. Jay Trisler, the Police Department spokesman.
The two suspects fled the scene in a white truck, which officers spotted traveling northbound on 4th Street onto eastbound I-10 freeway.
"As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver failed to yield," Trisler said. "Officers initiated a pursuit as they entered the freeway."
The chase ended near the Centinela Avenue off-ramp when the suspects exited the vehicle and jumped down the embankment, Trisler said.
Police established a perimeter bounded by Bundy Drive, Centinela, Pearl Street and the I-10 freeway.
Officers searched the area and found the two suspects, who were described only as two Latino men, one 17, the other 19. They were arrested and booked for attempted homicide.
Anyone with information should call Investigator Michael Bambrick at 310.458.8937 or Sergeant Ira Rutan 310.458.8959 or the on duty Watch Commander (24 hours) at 310.458.8427.
