Couple fatally shot in car while an infant was in the backseat

A man and a woman were shot and killed in a car with their 1-year-old baby in the backseat in Harbor City, authorities said Tuesday. 

The shooting occurred at 6:37 p.m. Monday outside 1018 253rd St., according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center.

The victims were seated inside a vehicle when someone approached and fired a number of gunshots at them, he said. 

Paramedics took the woman to a hospital where she died, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, the officer said. The baby was not struck by gunfire but was taken to a hospital for evaluation. 

The shooting was believed gang related, he said.

Source: NBC Los Angeles