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Shooting in Whole Foods Parking Lot Related to Prostitution

The woman at the center of a dispute between two men flagged down officers after shots were fired.

Brooke Wirtschafter, Neighbor
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Shooting related to a dispute between two men over a prostitute, the Los Angeles Times reports.

LAPD officers locked down several blocks in Venice on Tuesday night after receiving reports of shots fired in the Whole Foods parking lot at Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue. 

The officers took one suspect into custody at the time, but later released him, telling Patch that the investigation was ongoing, despite witnesseses being "uncooperative."

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No one was injured in the shooting.

Read the full story on the Los Angeles Times. 

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