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At least 30 injured after car plows into crowd outside East Hollywood [CA] nightclub
KTLA ^ | 7/19/2025 | Will Conybeare

Posted on 07/19/2025 8:51:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin

More than two dozen people were hurt when a vehicle careened into a crowd of people in front of a nightclub in East Hollywood overnight, authorities said. The driver was then pulled from his vehicle, beaten and shot.

Initial reports of a car colliding with a crowd came in around 2 a.m. Saturday in the 4600 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The popular Vermont Hollywood venue is located within that block.

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His condition as of 8 a.m. Saturday was not known.

A law enforcement source informed KTLA shortly before 8 a.m. that the man behind the wheel of the car had been removed from the venue for being disruptive and was turned away again after leaving and coming back. Visibly upset, the man left, got into his car and drove to Vermont and Santa Monica, where he made a U-turn and drove onto the sidewalk, hitting the taco stand and valet podium before careening into the crowd.

The shooting is being investigated as a separate incident and no arrests were immediately made in connection with it.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: easthollywood; hollywood; losangelesfire; santamonicaboulevard; vermonthollywood

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1 posted on 07/19/2025 8:51:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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The driver was then pulled from his vehicle, beaten and shot.

Sounds like a gang-banger situation.

2 posted on 07/19/2025 8:52:37 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin
The driver was then pulled from his vehicle, beaten and shot.

Curb stone justice.
3 posted on 07/19/2025 8:53:51 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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He was lucky he wasn’t curb stomped.


4 posted on 07/19/2025 8:58:57 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: PGR88

I bet no one saw nuffins.


5 posted on 07/19/2025 9:02:37 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: BenLurkin

around 2 a.m.
Nothing good happens at 2 AM.


6 posted on 07/19/2025 9:03:33 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: BenLurkin

I used to live right around the corner from there back in the 70’s. Can’t imagine what it’s like now.


7 posted on 07/19/2025 9:20:38 AM PDT by Orosius
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To: BenLurkin

Another student of the Waukesha Christmas parade killer.Tht guy killed 5 outright, 1 succumbed, 67 folks injured.
T’is better shot, than play sovchit I defend myself two week trial!


8 posted on 07/19/2025 9:23:54 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: BenLurkin
Lots of bars covering the front of businesses and graffiti in that neighborhood.

Looks like a neighborhood they filmed episodes of "Hunter" in back in the 1980s.

9 posted on 07/19/2025 9:25:25 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin

Let me guess, the driver of the car was either Paco, Jamal or Muhammad


10 posted on 07/19/2025 9:34:13 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: BenLurkin

The name of the club is never mentioned. Why?


11 posted on 07/19/2025 9:44:09 AM PDT by Fungi
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The name of the club is never mentioned. Why?

From the article: "The popular Vermont Hollywood venue is located within that block."

12 posted on 07/19/2025 9:48:47 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: PGR88

Good.

There should be more immediate consequences like that for trying to kill or maim people.


13 posted on 07/19/2025 10:17:32 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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“The driver was then pulled from his vehicle, beaten and shot.”

Considering the circumstances I don’t have a problem with this.

L


14 posted on 07/19/2025 10:20:34 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: BenLurkin

The entertainment for that evening was the Trapeton Party. They do raggae and hip hop. You can guess the crowd. And running over one of their friends is like trying to rob a cop bar.

wy69


15 posted on 07/19/2025 10:48:32 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: BenLurkin

One always has to keep in mind that the driver had a seizure. We need more details. But if it was intentional then hang them.


16 posted on 07/19/2025 11:05:49 AM PDT by Revel
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"The driver was then pulled from his vehicle, beaten and shot."

Sounds kind of like a . . . lynching.
17 posted on 07/19/2025 11:14:29 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: drypowder

If it was a white male with a MAGA hat, it would be in the headline in ALL CAPS.


18 posted on 07/19/2025 11:15:41 AM PDT by BipolarBob (The Weather Bureau announced they will shut down the entire Sharknado early warning system and staff)
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To: Steve_Seattle

He was taken to a hospital, so he was alive. They forgot to double tap to make sure.


19 posted on 07/19/2025 11:16:33 AM PDT by BipolarBob (The Weather Bureau announced they will shut down the entire Sharknado early warning system and staff)
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To: stylecouncilor

Ping


20 posted on 07/19/2025 11:52:05 AM PDT by windcliff
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