Metro train operator shot in Boyle Heights; shooter flees [Los Angeles Times]
A Metro train operator was shot twice around 4:10 a.m. after pulling into the Indiana Station along the L Line in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, authorities said Friday.
Initially transported to a hospital in what was believed to be critical condition, the operator is now stable and expected to live, said Ramon Montenegro, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau.
The shooter has not been found. Montenegro said detectives will review camera footage from the train platform and train car. It’s not yet clear whether the assailant fired from inside the train or outside.