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LOS ANGELES (AGENCIES)
A man plowed his car into a crowd outside a Los Angeles performance venue on Saturday, injuring at least 30 people, including seven critically, authorities said.
Officials said the driver, Fernando Ramirez, 29, veered onto the sidewalk in the East Hollywood neighborhood at about 2am.
Ramirez was charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, according to officer Rosario Cervantes, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Ramirez had been "undergoing surgery" at a local hospital after suffering a gunshot wound from the incident.
"He is not free to leave, he is in the custody of Los Angeles Police Department," LAPD Commander Lillian Carranza told local news station KCAL.
Ramirez had been kicked out of the venue in East Hollywood before he deliberately rammed his vehicle into the crowd, US media reported.
The crowd pulled Ramirez out of the car, reportedly a Nissan Versa sedan, and attacked him in the chaos that followed the car ramming, police detailed. Authorities were still searching for a gunman who shot and wounded the driver before fleeing on foot, Cervantes said.
More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene in East Hollywood.
"We have 30 victims, 18 females and 12 males between the ages of the mid-twenties to early thirties," Carranza said.
Seven were in critical condition and six were in serious condition, authorities said.
