A disabled woman in a wheelchair was in critically wounded after she was shot early Saturday morning in East Los Angeles, authorities said.
The shooting was reported just after 4:30 a.m. in the 4900 block of East Cesar Chavez Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The woman was found shot near a fire hydrant inside the grounds of the Maravilla Housing Project, still sitting in her wheelchair, the sheriff's department said.
The victim was transported to a hospital in where she is in stable condition.
Police initally said the suspected shooter was a woman, but later said a man was being sought.
No arrests were made in connection with the shooting.
Oleevia Woo and Corey Arvin contributed to this report.