One person was killed and two others were wounded in a car-to-car shooting in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday, when the gunman apparently appeared through the sunroof of a vehicle and shot at people sitting in another car, police said.
The shooting occurred a few minutes after midnight near the intersection of Maple Avenue and 12th Street in Santee Alley, the heart of Los Angeles' fashion district, said Officer Norma Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
The gunman's vehicle pulled up next to the other car, which was stopped, Eisenman said, and he fired multiple shots from the sunroof, hitting three people in the other car, before fleeing.
A male victim believed to be between 17 and 20 years old died at a hospital, Eisenman said. The other two victims, a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, were taken to a hospital, where he remained in critical condition and she remained in stable condition.
Eisenman said officers believe the shooting was “gang related,” but he had no further details on how they had reached that conclusion.
The investigation is ongoing, he said, and police have not made any arrests.
