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Woman Killed In Car-to-Car Shooting On 91 Freeway

COMPTON (CBS) — Authorities say a woman has been fatally shot in a car-to-car shooting on a freeway near Compton.

 

Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Guillermina Saldana said Saturday the woman was on the westbound 91 Freeway at about 8:15 p.m. Friday when someone in another car opened fire.

The woman, whose identity was not released, was a passenger.

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The driver pulled off the freeway and drove to a gas station store, but the victim died before she could be taken to a hospital.

No motive has been identified.

Detectives are asking for anyone who was on the freeway at around 8:15 p.m. to call the Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

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