2 hospitalized in possible gang-related shooting in Highland Park

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Two people are hospitalized Friday after they were shot in a drive-by shooting police believe was gang-related in Glassell Park, a neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to 3259 Fletcher Drive near Avenue 32 around 12:54 a.m. Friday where they learned five people were sitting in a vehicle when two suspects drove by them and fired several shots into the victims' vehicle, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.

Two victims were taken to a hospital, one in critical condition and the second in stable condition,  police said.

The suspects drove away from the scene in an unknown direction.

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