{"id":877491,"date":"2026-06-19T04:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/877491\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:59:27","slug":"video-shots-fired-near-koreatown-world-cup-watch-party-one-man-injured-another-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/877491\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Shots fired near Koreatown World Cup watch party; one man injured, another detained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least one person appeared to have been shot and another person suspected of firing a gun was taken into custody  near a watch party for the much-anticipated Mexico vs. South Korea game in Koreatown. <\/p>\n<p>The gunfire occurred shortly before 7 p.m. near James M. Wood Boulevard and Normandie Avenue, about a block away from Seoul International Park, where crowds of people had gathered to watch the World Cup match, according to a Times reporter who witnessed the gunfire. <\/p>\n<p>           <video playsinline=\"playsinline\" loop=\"\" preload=\"none\" title=\"Shots fired near Koreatown World Cup party; one man injured, another under arrest\" data-video-id=\"0000019e-ddd2-dfc0-a9de-dff3404f0000\">               <\/video>                 <img class=\"image\" alt=\"\"   width=\"473\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781845167_848_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>             <\/p>\n<ul data-element=\"action-bar-menu\" class=\"flex gap-2 list-none  absolute w-full h-10 top-0\">\n<li data-element=\"action-bar-share\" class=\"flex  w-full h-10 top-0 lg:items-center lg:justify-center \">\n<p> Share via     Close extra sharing options  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The reporter said he heard three gunshots and saw a man in brown pants firing into the air. <\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately have details about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a report of shooting in the 800 block of Irolo Street around 6:44 p.m. At least one person was taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Times video taken at the scene shows one 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not reach for anything,\u201d the officer yells at the man.<\/p>\n<p>The officer then asks people standing nearby where the gun is. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know,\u201d a woman yells back. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere\u2019s the victim?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver there,\u201d several people tell the officer. <\/p>\n<p>The man in brown pants is later seen in handcuffs and being led away while screaming at someone. Paramedics later put the injured man on a gurney and place him in an ambulance. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police cut off traffic going east on Olympic Boulevard starting at Ardmore Avenue. Several ambulances could be seen going north on the avenue, just a couple of blocks from the Olympic entrance at Seoul International Park.<\/p>\n<p>Some bystanders said they were unaware of the shooting but reported hearing fireworks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Hordes of soccer fans wearing Mexico and South Korea jerseys were walking down Olympic Boulevard energized but not alarmed in any way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least one person appeared to have been shot and another person suspected of firing a gun was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":877492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[356635,12424,1582,276,4537,7361,7729,8141,356633,2961,224,5337,2089,356634,45497,17820,3546,356636,356632,356637],"class_list":["post-877491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-armed-police-officer","tag-arrest","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-crowd","tag-custody","tag-gunfire","tag-incident","tag-james-m-wood-boulevard","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-man","tag-much-anticipated-mexico","tag-normandie-avenue","tag-p-m","tag-people","tag-seoul-international-park","tag-south-korea-game","tag-times-video"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116775012719928600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}