Man killed, woman injured in South LA shooting

A man was killed and a woman injured in a shooting in the Vermont Knolls area of Los Angeles Friday.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were called about 1:30 p.m. to the area of South Hoover Street and West 79th Street on reports of a collision and found the man and the woman suffering from gunshot wounds in a car at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. The man's name was not immediately released pending notification of his next of kin.

Police said the suspect vehicle, described as a silver sedan, pulled up and shot the two victims while they were sitting in the car, before fleeing the area eastbound on West 79th Street from Vermont Avenue.