Investigators are searching for the killer of a woman who was found shot to death inside a car in Compton Monday night, authorities said.
Officers were called to the 700 block of South Holly Ave. at 10:57 p.m. after receiving reports of a woman shot in a car parked in the residential neighborhood, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Raquel Utley said.
The woman was unresponsive when officers arrived. She was later pronounced dead at the scene.
KCAL-TV identified the woman as Beverly Wilkins, 59, citing her mother, Rosie Wilkins.
“She was always willing to help people,” Rosie Wilkins told KCAL. “She had her naughty ways, but she was still a good girl.”
Sheriff's Department officials did not confirm the victim's identity and described her only as between 55 and 60 years old.
Utley said officials had no information to release about the shooter as of early Tuesday afternoon.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff's Department's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
