A pregnant woman remained hospitalized Monday morning after a man walked up to her and opened fire in a Pico-Union District park, police said.
The pregnant woman, 18 to 19 years old, was out of surgery in critical but stable condition as of just before 9 a.m. Officials said the baby doesn't appear to have been hit by gunfire.
The woman, six to seven months pregnant, was walking along the basketball courts at Toberman Park in the Pico-Union District west of downtown Los Angeles at about 10:30 p.m. when a man approached her. Without provocation, the man shot the woman several times, according to the LAPD Rampart Station.
A witness told NBC4 he heard about six rounds fired.
After officials arrived on-scene, she was transferred to a trauma center and underwent emergency surgery.
It was unclear at the time if the man and the woman knew each other, the LAPD said.
Police searched for the man, and asked that any witnesses with information on the shooting come forward.
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