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By Lookout Staff

May 12 -- Police are looking for two suspects involved in a shooting Saturday evening that left a teenager wounded.

The shooting took place shortly after 6 p.m. on the 2300 block of Cloverfield Boulevard near the border of the Pico and Sunset Park neighborhoods, said Sgt. Renaldi Thurston, the new Police Department spokesman.

Officers responding to reports of shots fired found two Hispanic juveniles at the scene, Thurston said. One of the teens had received a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

Fire Department paramedics took the victim to a local hospital.

The first suspect is described as a male Hispanic between the ages of 18 and 20, 5’ 6” tall and weighing 150 pounds, police said. He possibly had a goatee and was wearing dark clothing and a black hooded sweatshirt.

He was armed with a dark handgun, Thurston said.

The second suspect is described as a male Hispanic 17 to 20 years old, 5’5” tall and weighing 160 pounds. He also was wearing dark clothing and a dark hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with additional information should call Santa Monica Police Department Detectives at 310.458.8451 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. or the Watch Commander at 310.458.8427 at any time.

Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call the WeTip hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463).