One particular person died and two others had been injured in a car-to-car capturing in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday, with the gunman apparently popping up by means of the sunroof of 1 automobile and firing at individuals seated in one other automotive, police mentioned.
The capturing occurred a couple of minutes after midnight close to the intersection of Maple Avenue and twelfth Avenue in Santee Alley, the guts of L.A.’s style district, mentioned Officer Norma Eisenman, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Division.
The gunman’s automobile pulled up subsequent to the opposite automotive, which was stopped, Eisenman mentioned, and he fired a number of pictures from the sunroof, hitting three individuals within the different automotive, earlier than fleeing.
A male sufferer believed to be between 17 and 20 died at a hospital, Eisenman mentioned. The opposite two victims — a 20-year-old man and 18-year-old girl — had been taken to a hospital, the place he remained in important situation and she or he in steady situation.
Eisenman mentioned officers consider the capturing was “gang-related,” however she didn’t have extra particulars on how they’d arrived at that conclusion.
The investigation is ongoing, she mentioned, and police haven’t made any arrests.