At least one person appeared to have been shot and another person suspected of firing a gun was detained near a viewing party for the highly anticipated game between Mexico and South Korea in Koreatown.
The shooting occurred shortly before 7 p.m. near James M. Wood Boulevard and Normandie Avenue, about a block from Seoul International Park, where a crowd of people had gathered to watch the World Cup game, according to a Times reporter who witnessed the shooting.
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The journalist said he heard three gunshots and saw a man in brown pants shooting into the air.
The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately provide details about the shooting.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a report of a shooting in the 800 block of Irolo Street around 6:44 p.m. At least one person was taken to a local hospital.
The Times video taken at the scene shows a man lying on the ground, his leg bleeding and wrapped with a green garment as a tourniquet, while others help him. Nearby, an armed police officer stands guard over another man, also on the ground, wearing brown pants and a black shirt. The man does not appear to be injured.
“Don't reach for anything,” the officer yells at the man.
The officer then asks people nearby where the gun is.
“We don't know,” a woman shouts.
“Where is the victim?”
“Over there,” several people tell the officer.
The man in brown pants is later seen handcuffed and being led away while yelling at someone. Paramedics then placed the injured man on a stretcher and took him to an ambulance.
Meanwhile, police shut down eastbound traffic on Olympic Boulevard beginning at Ardmore Avenue. Several ambulances could be seen heading north along the avenue, just a couple of blocks from the Olympic entrance at Seoul International Park.
Some passersby said they were unaware of the shooting, but reported hearing fireworks earlier.
Hordes of soccer fans wearing Mexico and South Korea jerseys walked down Olympic Boulevard, energized but in no way alarmed.
