3 teens arrested for shooting that injured mother, 1-year-old girl in South Los Angeles

On June 5, two women in their 20s had driven to a hamburger stand near 81st Street and Avalon Boulevard around 5:30 p.m. Inside the women’s vehicle were two infant girls — an 8-month-old and a 1-year-old.

The four victims were seated in their car when the suspects pulled into the burger stand’s parking lot in a gray Kia sedan with Texas license plates, armed with handguns, police said.

The suspects pulled up to the victims’ car and fired multiple shots at the women, striking one woman in the leg and a 1-year-old girl in the foot, authorities said.

Police at the scene where a shooting left a 1-year-old child injured in South Los Angeles. (KTLA)
Police at the scene where a shooting left a 1-year-old child injured in South Los Angeles. (KTLA)
Responding officers recovered multiple 9mm and .45 caliber casings at the scene. Through surveillance footage, police were able to identify the three juvenile suspects.

Detectives determined the victims had been mistakenly identified as rival gang members by the suspects.

All three suspects were located and arrested on Wednesday on charges of attempted murder. The case was presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for consideration.