Woman, 2-Year-Old Child Shot in Leimert Park – NBC Los Angeles

A woman in her 20s and 2-year-old child were shot Friday afternoon in the Leimert Park area. 

Police responded at about 3 p.m. to the 1700 block of West 53rd Street in the neighborhood southwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Witnesses said three men approached the woman and child, whom LAPD said were sitting in a car, and opened fire.

Authorities said the woman, a 25-year-old, and the 2-year-old child suffered non-life threatening injuries.

It wasn’t clear why they were targeted.

It also wasn’t known if the woman was the toddler’s mother.