The search continued Sunday for the gunman who shot and wounded a toddler in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles, police said.
The shooting took place about 4:25 p.m. Saturday, at 39th Street and Walton Avenue, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department‘s Southwest Station.
The child was described as 3-years-old girl, according to authorities.
The girl was taken to a hospital with stable vital signs, the officer said.
A news videographer at the scene told City News Service the child is a girl who was shot in the face by a man who fired into a crowd.
Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a statement Sunday decrying the violence that threatens families in Los Angeles.
“Our families have the right to live in peace and without fear that the lives of young children are at risk because a reckless, thoughtless criminal might open fire in their neighborhood,” Garcetti stated.
“The shooting of an innocent, 3-year-old is shocking and disturbing and my prayers are with her and her loved ones. I am confident that the LAPD will work tirelessly to bring the shooter to justice,” Garcetti continued.
“But this tragedy should touch every Angeleno and refocus us all on the absolute urgency of getting guns off our streets and out of the hands of criminals.”
–City News Service