Car-to-car shooting leaves one dead, two injured in downtown Los Angeles – NBC Los Angeles

Early Sunday morning, a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting occurred in the heart of downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion District, leaving one dead and two injured.

The victims, a man between the ages of 17 and 20, a man in his 20s and an 18-year-old woman, were stopped in a car at Maple Avenue and 12th Street when a suspicious vehicle pulled up next to them.

According to Los Angeles police, a person climbed out of the sunroof of the suspect vehicle and fired several shots, hitting all three occupants, one of them fatally.

The suspect vehicle fled in an unknown direction and there is no vehicle description.

One of the men was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other man is in critical condition and the woman is in stable condition.

The motive for the shooting is unknown and it is unclear whether it is related to gang violence or other events nearby.

The LAPD is asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.