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A woman was shot shortly after midnight Monday while walking along the Sixth Street Bridge, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The victim was transported to a local hospital for gunshot wounds and was in stable condition at the time, said LAPD Officer Drake Madison.
The vehicle involved in the shooting was described as a silver sedan and sped east toward Whittier Boulevard.
There are currently no suspects and LAPD is investigating whether or not the incident was gang-related.
Andrew Lopez is a Los Angeles native with roots across the Eastside. He studied at San Francisco State University and later earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Los Angeles from the Bay Area to report for Boyle Heights Beat from 2023 to 2025 through UC Berkeley’s California Local News Fellowship. When he is not reporting, Lopez mentors youth journalists through The LA Local’s youth journalism program. He enjoys practicing photojournalism and covering the intersections of culture, history and local government in Eastside communities.
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