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Driver Shot in Head as She Waited at Panorama City Stoplight

A shooter opened fire on a car stopped at a San Fernando Valley intersection early Thursday, striking the driver in the head, according to the Los Angeles Police Department Mission Division.

Police received a call of a shooting at 2:37 a.m. on Van Nuys Boulevard. At the scene, they found a woman who suffered a gunshot wound inside a crashed car. Two male passengers in the car spoke with police and provided a vague description of the shooter's car -- a light color sedan. 

The woman was transported to the hospital in "grave" condition, police said.  

Authorities are attempting to determine whether the shooting was a random act or if the woman was targeted. There is no evidence to suggest the shooter exchanged words with the victims before the shooting. 

The crash prompted a closure on Van Nuys Boulevard from Arminta Street to Keswick Street.

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