Deputies Searching for Gunmen Who Shot Gateway Woman in Front of Son

COMPTON, CA - Sheriff's detectives were looking for suspects Monday in the shooting that wounded a 26-year-old woman in front of her 15-month-old son as she drove her black SUV down a Compton street, a sheriff's lieutenant said.

The shooting was reported at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Grandy Avenue, authorities said.

The woman followed a car that looked similar to her boyfriend's car onto Grandy Avenue from Alondra Boulevard, said Lt. Marc Lucio of the Compton Sheriff's Station.

When an unknown number of suspects got out of the car, the woman tried to make a U-turn in the cul-de-sac but she was fired on and wounded, Lucio said. The toddler was not injured.

The woman was able to drive a few blocks before calling for help, said Sgt. Eric Johnson of the sheriff's Compton station. She was taken to a hospital where she was displaying stable vital signs.

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