The Los Angeles Police Department announced on Tuesday that a 14-year-old girl has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a woman in the Vermont-Slauson area of South Los Angeles in March.
The girl, whose identity was not released, is accused of shooting Kendra McIntyre at about 4:20 a.m. on March 21 as McIntyre was walking near the corner of 70th and Figueroa streets, police said in a news release.
McIntyre succumbed to her wounds at a local hospital.
Detectives identified the teen as the shooter, though police declined to detail how or why they suspect the girl.
She was arrested on Monday and on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed a murder charge against her.
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