An 18-year-old woman was shot inside a Metro Bus Line 115 in Westchester near Los Angeles International Airport around 10:47 p.m. after an altercation with a male passenger. The woman reportedly produced pepper spray, and the male passenger, described as about 20 years old per City News Service, pulled out a gun and shot her. The bus driver stopped and allowed passengers to exit after shots were fired. The woman was transported to a local hospital and later died from her injuries. The gunman's identity and whereabouts remain unknown. Tips can be reported to the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 222-8477 or anonymously online.
An 18-year-old woman was shot inside a Metro bus Friday night near Los Angeles International Airport following an altercation with a male passenger, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The passenger allegedly shot the woman after a fight broke out between them inside a Metro Bus Line 115 in Westchester around 10:47 p.m. on Friday. According to the LAPD, the woman pulled out her pepper spray to use on the man.
The man, who police said was 20 years old, according to a report by City News Service, pulled out a gun and shot her. After shots rang out, the driver stopped the bus and allowed passengers to exit, according to a Metro spokesperson. The woman, "was found injured and transported to a local hospital where [she] later succumbed to their injuries," said the Metro spokesperson in a statement.
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