On Saturday, April 15, 2006 at 8:28 p.m., four companies of Los Angeles firefighters, 11 LAFD rescue ambulances, two EMS battalion captains, one battalion chief officer command team, and one division chief officer command team all under the direction of Battalion Chief John Buck responded to a shooting at 6719 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

When firefighters arrived on scene they were informed that a shooting had occurred inside a banquet hall and several people were injured. Firefighters immediately began assessing and triaging patients. A treatment area was established within the lobby area and patients were treated and prepared for transport according to the severity of their injuries.

In all, five patients were treated for suspected gunshot wounds, two of those patients appeared tohave suffered life threatening injuries. In addition, three others were complaining of medical type problems. All patients were treated on scene and transported to local hospitals for medical treatment. Several blocks away in the 7000 block of Coldwater Canyon Ave. a separate shooting appears to have been related to this incident. In that incident, one patient was transported in critical condition with a suspected gunshot wound to the chest. The incident is currently under investigation by the LAPD.