COMPTON – A woman was shot and killed Friday morning in Compton.

Sheriff’s deputies located the victim after responding to a shooting call about 2:45 a.m. in the 2100 block of North Kalsman Avenue.

“The victim was transported to a local area hospital and pronounced deceased,” according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department statement.

No additional details about the dead woman or any suspect description were immediately available from the sheriff’s department, but a news videographer recorded an encounter outside the Lynwood hospital with a woman with blood on her shirt, who was thought to have helped transport the victim to St. Francis Medical Center.

According to the videographer, the California Highway Patrol was notified after the shooting that the victim was being taken to t

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