Toddler Delivered to Police After Shooting
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A 2-year-old boy who was taken by his father from his ex-wife’s home Wednesday after a shooting in Hyde Park was delivered to a police station three hours later by a relative, authorities said.
Khayri Shakur Jr. was turned over unharmed at the 77th Street station by an unidentified relative about 11 p.m., police said.
The boy’s father, Khayri Shakur, allegedly argued with a man who was visiting his ex-wife’s brother and then shot him in the 5700 block of Ruthelen Street, police said.
The wounded man, whose identity was withheld, was shot several times and was in stable condition at a local hospital, said Officer Grace Brady of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Authorities said Shakur fled in a blue 1981 Buick Regal, California license plate of 4TWE294.
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