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Woman hospitalized in critical condition after Baldwin Hills shooting

The victim was sitting in a car when she was shot just before midnight.

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The scene of a shooting investigation Thursday June 22, 2023 in Baldwin Village.

A 31-year-old woman in a car was shot Thursday morning in a gun battle on a Baldwin Hills street.

The woman, who suffered multiple gunshot, wounds was hospitalized in critical, but stable condition.

Details about a motive for the shooting were not immediately available. No arrests were reported.

The shooting was reported just before midnight near the 4000 block of Gelber Place near Pinafore Street. People in at least two separate cars got out of their vehicles and fired rounds.

As many as four vehicles were involved in the shootout, authorities said. More than 50 rounds were fired, according to investigators.

The wounded woman was struck by at least one round as she was seated in the passenger seat of one of the cars, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Several evidence markers were on the street, possibly indicating the location of bullet casings.

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The driver and a passenger in the Mercedes Benz left the scene and ended up in a nearby business parking lot in Baldwin Hills, where firefighter-paramedics and police responded early Thursday.

Video showed another person being treated at that scene. The man suffered cuts due to glass shattered in the shooting, City News Service reported.

NBCLA is attempting to confirm reports the victims were working for a food delivery service.

Detailed descriptions of the attackers and their vehicles were not immediately available.

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