Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Woman in SUV Struck by Gunfire in Cerritos

The shooting was reported near Shoemaker Avenue and the 91 Freeway

A woman in a sport utility vehicle suffered a non-life threatening wound in a shooting early Wednesday in Cerritos.

Deputies responded to an assault call at about 1:30 a.m. near Shoemaker Avenue and the 91 Freeway. They found the victim with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Cerritos Station.

The woman was in a vehicle when she was shot. At least one window was shattered. 

It was not immediately clear whether she was on the freeway or a street at the time of the shooting.

A detailed description of the attacker was no immediately available. It was not immediately clear whether the shots were fired from another vehicle.

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