Police search for suspect who shot driver who had plowed into L.A. crowd

Police are searching for the man who shot a driver accused of plowing his vehicle into a crowd outside an East Hollywood club in Los Angeles early Saturday morning

Police are searching for the man who shot a driver accused of plowing his vehicle into a crowd outside an East Hollywood club in Los Angeles early Saturday morning.

Fernando Ramirez, 29, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, force likely to produce great bodily injury, after he "intentionally" drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians gathered outside a venue at North Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard around 2 a.m. on Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

At least 37 people were injured as some were hit by the car and others briefly trapped beneath it, officials said. The injuries ranged from minor pain to serious fractures and lacerations.

A vehicle is taken away after it drove into a crowd in Hollywood early Saturday.Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty ImagesRamirez had been fighting in the club and was kicked out, two LAPD sources told KNBC. He allegedly returned to the club and resumed fighting. After he was thrown out by security, he got into his car and drove into the crowd, the sources said.

After driving the car into the crowd, Ramirez was pulled from the vehicle by bystanders and assaulted. During the ordeal, a man shot Ramirez in the lower back and then fled.