Transient Suffers Gunshot Wound To Buttocks At Plummer Park, Gunman At Large

WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBS) — Authorities are searching Monday for the gunman who opened fire on three transients, wounding one in the buttocks, Sunday night at West Hollywood’s Plummer Park.

Deputies on patrol heard shots in the park at Plummer Place and Santa Monica Boulevard at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Valentine said.

The shooting victims ran toward the deputies, Valentine said. A 26-year-old man was wounded by bullet that entered his buttocks and lodged itself in his abdomen.

The victim, who told deputies he didn’t know his attacker, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for surgery and was expected to survive, Valentine said.

The suspect was described as a white man, wearing a black shirt and black beanie hat. Deputies say he fled on foot.

(©2012 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services contributed to this report.)