A young girl was hospitalized after being shot while riding in a car in East Los Angeles early Monday morning.
The shooting occurred around 12:30 a.m. near S. Record and Union Pacific avenues, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The girl, whose age has not been released, was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle when she was hit by gunfire. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
Deputies canvassed the area overnight, knocking on doors to locate potential witnesses. The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation, and no arrests have been announced.
