SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A homicide investigation is underway after a 17-year-old girl was found shot in a car that crashed on a San Pedro street early Monday morning.
Authorities were called at about 2:30 a.m. to the area of W. Sepulveda Street and Cabrillo Avenue, where a sedan crashed into a cinder block wall outside an apartment and house.
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The teen girl was found shot and killed inside the vehicle, police said. Family members later identified her as Kayla Huerta. They said she has a 3-year-old daughter.
Authorities at the scene said they were investigating the incident as a deadly shooting.
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No suspect information was immediately released.
Authorities initially stated the victim was a 27-year-old woman, but family members later confirmed the victim was Huerta.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Huerta's family.