
A 13-year-old boy was killed and a 9-year-old girl and woman were wounded Monday in a shooting near a Los Angeles elementary school, police said.
Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Mike Lopez said the teen and the woman were together when the two were approached by a group of men. At least one person in the group opened fire multiple times, wounding both the woman and child.
Officers were called to the scene near Wilmington Park Elementary School at around 4:45 p.m., with both victims taken to a hospital, according to police.
The boy died of his injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital, Lopez said. The woman’s condition was unknown Tuesday morning.
The LAPD said a 9-year-old girl in the vicinity of the shooting was wounded. There was no immediate word on her condition.
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