RESEDA : Shots Intended for Mother Hit 3-Year-Old Daughter
An ongoing dispute between neighbors in Reseda escalated into a drive-by shooting Thursday in which shots intended for a mother wounded her 3-year-old daughter, authorities said.
The incident began about 1:15 p.m. in the 17800 block of Saticoy Street when a truck carrying three adults and two young children stopped nearby, according to an eyewitness.
As the passengers in the cab leaned forward, the driver, identified by authorities as Juan Manolo Cienfuegos, fired four or five shots from a handgun at Eileen Cortez, 21, the child’s mother, said Lt. George Rock of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Cortez was not struck by gunfire, but one of the shots hit the child, Vanessa Barcenas, in the shoulder, Rock said. Vanessa was in UCLA Medical Center in stable condition Thursday with injuries that were not life-threatening, authorities said.
Later Thursday, Los Angeles police arrested Cienfuegos and Christina Stevens, 21, who was identified as a passenger who is engaged in a long-running feud with Cortez.
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