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A man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound early Wednesday after a botched carjacking attempt in Boyle Heights, authorities said.
The shooting occurred around 12:45 a.m. outside a home in the 1400 block of East 3rd Street where, according to Los Angeles Police, the victim was sitting inside his car with another person when a man walked up with a gun and demanded the vehicle.
The victim, a man in his 20s, did not comply and was shot, police said.
He drove a short distance and called 911, and was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.
The suspect remained at large Wednesday.
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