Rodney King Wounded in Southern California Shooting
Shooting May Have Involved Domestic Dispute
Rodney King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly rioting the next year, was shot on a street corner but his wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, police said Thursday.
King, 42, was hit in the face, arms, back and torso by birdshot fired from a shotgun. He was shot "possibly two or three times from a distance," then bicycled about 1½ miles back to his home in neighboring Rialto and called local police shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rialto police Sgt. Craig Crispin told The Associated Press.
King and others at the home appeared to be drunk and few cooperated with officers by providing information, Rialto police Sgt. Don Lewis told The (Riverside) Press-Enterprise.
King was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. His condition Thursday was not immediately known.
Other details of the shooting were sketchy.
"Early indications are that it very possibly could have been a domestic dispute," San Bernardino
police Lt. Scott Paterson told The Sun newspaper.
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ABC News: Rodney King Wounded in California Shooting
Bad luck follows this guy around now it's domestic violence..