Mother of 3 fatally shot in backseat of SUV that sheared hydrant in front of South LA fire station

A woman was shot and killed from another vehicle in South LA, leading to a crash that sheared a fire hydrant and a chaotic scene with her distraught family members.

Police say a dark-colored Lexus SUV crashed into a fire hydrant in front of a fire station at St. Andrew Place and Slauson just before midnight. In the vehicle, two women were found uninjured but the third was found shot and died at the scene.

Her family identified her as Breyanna Bailey, a 30-year-old mother of three. All three women in the car are believed to be related.

The shooting is not believed to have happened at the scene of the crash, police said. Investigators believe the gunfire came from another vehicle.

"From the information we have, it did not occur here, this is just where the vehicle ended up, and we're still trying to locate the exact location of where the shooting occurred," LAPD Capt. Adrian Gonzalez said.

Investigators remain at the scene, where the distinctive white tent has been set up to shield the investigation. But immediately after the crash, firefighters had to work swiftly to turn off water to the fire hydrant, which shot up a geyser of water from being sheared. At the same time, LAPD officers were working to figure out exactly what happened in the backseat of the SUV, while trying to get information from distraught family members at the scene, some of whom began fighting with others who came to the scene.

Police are still working to identify the shooter and who the intended target was. Bailey's family believes she was not the intended target, and say the shooting was a case of mistaken identity.

"I don't understand, you know, how can a person just shoot into a vehicle, you don't even know who you're shooting," Bailey's cousin, Katrina Taylor said, sobbing.

A suspect description has not been released.