DoorDash employee, passenger wounded during shootout in Baldwin Hills
A woman was shot and a man was injured Thursday morning in a shooting in the Baldwin Village area.
Los Angeles Police Department says that the victims were DoorDash employees making a delivery in the area, near the 4000 block of Gelber Place, at around midnight when the shooting occurred.
The woman was shot in the back while she was delivering food and the man, a passenger in the vehicle, was injured by broken glass caused by the gunshots. Their car sustained damage from several bullet holes.
Several other cars along the street could be seen riddled with bullet holes after the shootout happened, but the circumstances leading up to the event still remain unclear.
The victims then drove to a McDonald's at Obama Boulevard and La Brea Avenue where they called police. The woman has since been hospitalized and is said to be in stable condition.
Dozens of evidence markers were littered around the street as LAPD officers continued to investigate the incident. They found 26 rounds of ammunition from an AK-47 and 25 9mm rounds in the street.
Police said the shooter was also in a car and drove off after the shooting, but witnesses in the area also claim to have seen a group of as many as four men running from the area after the gunfire was heard, one of which was allegedly armed with a rifle of some sort.
They are also investigating whether the passenger, who was with the DoorDash employee, returned fire and if the couple was targeted by the shooters.
No description of the suspect was given.
DoorDash issued a statement to KCAL News upon request, which read: "At this stage, there is no evidence that the incident involved Dashers or happened on our platform."
