One woman killed, another wounded in overnight shooting near a vigil in Watts
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A shooting near a Watts street corner where a candlelight vigil was reportedly taking place early Sunday left one woman dead and another wounded, according to police, as they continued their search for the suspect or suspects who fired the fatal shots.Officers responding to the shooting call around 2 a.m.Sunday found a 30-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot, said Officer Charles Miller, an LAPD spokesman.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she later died, he said.Police have not released her name.
Around the same time, another woman, 31, showed up at an area hospital suffering a gunshot wound that police suspect she suffered in the same shooting, according to Miller.The shooting occurred on a residential block near the intersection of 104th Street and Wilmington Avenue.
The news station KTLA-TV reported that a group of people was gathered nearby for a vigil when gunfire broke out.Miller, the police spokesman, said he had no information regarding whether the two incidents were linked.According to reports on social media, the vigil was being held to honor Albertshay (Shay) Russell, a young mother of four.
A GoFundMe page that was set up to raise money to support her children described Russell as a doting mom and avid dancer who had lost her life to domestic violence.“She was a beautiful person inside and out and captured everyone’s heart with her vibrant energy,” read the fundraiser, which had raised $4,700 as of Sunday afternoon.“In your saddest moments, she could lift your spirit with just a simple smile, laugh, or dance.”The Los Angeles Police Department has not yet released a motive or identifying information about any of the suspects involved.The outburst of violence comes as the city has seen an across-the-board decline in reported crime compared with the first half of last year.
As of May 23, the last day for which reliable data were available, viol...