Overview
- Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez with 37 counts of attempted murder and 37 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and he is held without bail pending his Wednesday arraignment.
- Ramirez allegedly drove his vehicle onto the sidewalk outside the Vermont Hollywood nightclub around 2 a.m. Saturday, targeting partygoers leaving a late-night reggae hip-hop event.
- The crash injured 37 people, with eight victims sustaining serious fractures and lacerations, but officials said it was a “miracle” that no one was killed.
- After the car struck food carts and came to rest, bystanders pulled Ramirez from the vehicle and beat him before an unidentified man shot him in the lower back.
- Police have released surveillance images of the suspected shooter—described as wearing a blue Dodgers jacket and a light blue No. 5 jersey—and are urging the public to submit tips to help identify him.