Alleged follow-home robber arrested after he seeks treatment for gunshot wound at local hospital: Police

A participant in a downtown Los Angeles follow-home theft was arrested after he went to a neighborhood hospital to be handled for a gunshot wound, in response to the Los Angeles Police Division.

The theft happened at about 2:11 a.m. Sunday within the 800 block of South Hope Road, the place 5 individuals attacked a person as he returned to an residence advanced from a restaurant in Hollywood, police mentioned in a press launch.

Through the assault, gunfire was exchanged, “ensuing within the sufferer sustaining a number of gunshot wounds” earlier than the suspects fled in a white sedan, presumably a Nissan Sentra, police mentioned.

The sufferer was taken to a neighborhood hospital, the place he was listed in steady situation, however one of many attackers additionally sought medical therapy for a gunshot wound Sunday at a neighborhood hospital, the place he was arrested, police mentioned.

That suspect, Justin Alphonso Sanchez, was charged with theft and assault with a lethal weapon on Tuesday, and he stays in custody with out bail, police mentioned.

As of Wednesday, he’s being held on the Inmate Reception Heart in Chinatown, in response to jail data.

Police are nonetheless looking for the opposite 4 robbers and their automotive, and they’re thought-about armed and harmful.

Anybody with data is requested to name Detective Klotz and Detective Myape at 213-486-6840.

Throughout non-business hours or on weekends, calls ought to be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247).

Anybody wishing to stay nameless ought to name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).