Robbery turns into shooting near Santa Monica pier

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Set us as preferred A person was shot Sunday evening near the Santa Monica pier after an attempted robbery, police said.A group of people approached the victim around 7:50 p.m.

and tried to rob them.The attempted robbery turned into an altercation, and someone pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the leg, the Santa Monica Police Department said in a statement a few hours later.

The group of people who had attempted the robbery ran away.Officers treated the victim until they could be taken to a hospital with injuries that police said weren’t life-threatening.

Police said they are trying to identify and locate the people involved in the robbery-turned-shooting.Santa Monica in 2025 saw an overall decline of more than 12% in violent crime and burglaries, compared to 2024, according to the department’s annual report, released in March.

Robberies fell 24% year over year.The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.

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