Police searched Tuesday evening for a group of armed and masked carjacking suspects who allegedly fired shots while stealing a woman’s car at gunpoint near a Santa Monica parking lot near the Venice border.
Santa Monica Police Department officers initially responded at 8:45 p.m. to the 100 block of Main Street regarding reports of shots fired during a carjacking near one of the city’s beach parking lots, Sgt. Frank Marnell told City News Service.
According to CBS 2, the victim, who was unharmed, walked to the Santa Monica Police Department and reported the crime.
The suspects fired shots and hit at least one vehicle before fleeing the area into nearby Venice and crashing the vehicle, according to KNBC 4. Los Angeles Police Department officers from the Pacific Division station created a perimeter at Main Street and Rose Avenue and a search is underway for the suspects, LAPD Officer Tony Im told City News Service.