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Sheriff’s Department investigates police shooting in Watts

By Jeff Gottlieb
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Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the shooting of a man this weekend in Watts by South Gate police.

The shooting took place Saturday about 8:45 p.m. at Grape and 97th streets in Watts, not far from Jordan High School.

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The man was wounded and taken to a hospital, according to the Sheriff’s Department. More than one officer was involved, but none was injured, South Gate police said.

No other information was available.

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--Jeff Gottlieb

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Jeff Gottlieb

Former Los Angeles Times staff writer Jeff Gottlieb shared the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011 for uncovering corruption in Bell. He also received the George Polk and the Selden Ring awards, among others. He previously won a Polk award while working at the San Jose Mercury News for uncovering Stanford’s questionable spending of federal funds. He received a bachelor’s in sociology from Pitzer College in Claremont and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.

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