LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are responding to reports of a shooting at the University of Southern California.
Officer Irma Mota says calls came in around 12:20 p.m. Monday near the north end of campus, which is near downtown Los Angeles.
She says officers found no immediate evidence of gunfire. They are searching a building. She didn’t have any additional information.
USC sent out campus-wide alerts announcing police activity near Fertitta Hall. Students and faculty are being urged to avoid the area or shelter in place.
A university alert says shots were reported but not confirmed.
Hoax?
This might have changed, I lived for a short period of time in LA 30 years ago, and I was surprised that the USC campus was in rougher neighborhood that I expected it, at the time shootings were not uncommon in the area.
The OJ Simpson murders happened right around the corner…kind of
Ever been to a Lakers game? Now that’s a scary neighborhood.
If “kind of “ is 14 miles away in an entirely different municipality, then yeah, it’s right around the corner. And although Staples Center is within a couple of miles of the location of these reported (unconfirmed) shots fired, the Lakers home court, in the LA Live area is hardly scary
Yeah, that’s why I said kind of. And its been at least 40 years since I went to some Lakers games and I completely bailed on basketball over 20 years ago.
But when I went to the house that Jack built, it was truly scary. We had to stop for gas and that was probably the first time that I felt vulnerable and like I was going to get beat or something just for being whitish.
I never even heard of the “LA Live” area, where is it?