Crime & Safety
Man Shot in Malibu Neighborhood
The victim flagged down a passing motorist and reported that he had been shot.
A man in his 20s was hospitalized this morning after being shot in Malibu, but he was not cooperative with investigators, a sheriff's lieutenant said.
The man was shot in in the upper body. His wound was non-life threatening, said Lt. Patrick Mathers of the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills station.
Deputies and paramedics were called about 12:30 a.m. to the 4400 block of Encinal Canyon Road, Mathers said.
The victim flagged down a passing motorist and reported that he had been shot, said Lt. Robert Wiard of the Los Angeles County sheriff's Malibu-Lost Hills Station.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded and took the man to a hospital for treatment, Wiard said.
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