Woman Linked to Gang Is Slain; Suspect Held
An 18-year-old woman suspected of belonging to a gang was fatally shot as she used a public telephone in the Westlake district, Los Angeles police said.
Moglis Cabrera was in the 2000 block of Westlake Avenue about 7 p.m. Sunday when a man asked for her gang affiliation, said Detective John Curiel of the Rampart Division. When she gave the name of a local gang, the gunman shot her twice in the chest and once in the wrist, Curiel said.
Curiel said the 23-year-old gunman had been hit with a cane earlier in the day by a member of the gang in question. After the fight the suspect left to get a gun, but returned to find his attacker gone.
The suspect was being held without bail on suspicion of murder, authorities said. Police did not release his name or the place of his arrest.
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