Social media reports of a shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College on August 21 appear to be unfounded. The college’s football team coach issued a clarification on X.
“There was not a shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College tonight. Fake news. Tonight’s game between Kingdrew and San Pedro High School,” Steven Lewis wrote. “Hearing about some sort of evacuation taking place Los Angeles SouthWest College. Anyone know what’s up? Heard there’s a football game going on as well,” one page had noted . Another remarked “A bunch of people were running and then what sounded like a gunshot went off. Sheriffs secured the area within a few minutes. One person wrote that the Citizen app had noted it was a shooting, but this could not be verified. LASD trying to get the crowd out of the area. Another page shared this saying “Possible shots fired during a San Pedro vs. King Drew high school football game at Los Angeles Southwest College (near Imperial Highway and Budlong Avenue in South LA). The first post now appears to have been deleted, but a screenshot has been attached for the same.
A local alerts page with over 180,000 followers also wrote “Imperial/Budlong: Shots fired during a football game at Southwest College.
Another said “Evacuations Underway After Shots Fired Near Football Field at Los Angeles Southwest College!”.
