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19-year-old crashes into Wendy’s after vehicle-to-vehicle Panorama City shooting 

PANORAMA CITY — A 19-year-old motorist remained in grave condition Saturday from a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting in Panorama City, where he also plowed his car into an area Wendy’s restaurant, police said.
The shooting victim was later identified as Alexis Saldana, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.

The crash, which was reported at 10:51 p.m. Friday in the area of Roscoe and Van Nuys boulevards, came after Saldana was shot at a nearby Walmart parking lot, according to Lt. Paul McLaughlin, of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Mission Division.
The suspect drove away in a black SUV, police said. Paramedics rushed Saldana to an area hospital, where he was listed in grave condition.
McLaughlin said no one else was injured in the crash, as the dining room was closed at that time. Video from the scene showed the car completely inside.
LAPD Valley Bureau homicide detectives asked anyone with information regarding the shooting to call them at 818-374-1934.