Police Say the Teen Was Killed in Westchester After Intervening in a Dispute

Efforts to break up a fight on a Metro bus in Westchester ended with the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman late Friday night, police said.

The gunfire erupted about 10:50 p.m. on Metro Line 115 near Manchester and Belford avenues. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the victim stepped in as her boyfriend argued with another passenger. She reportedly pulled out a can of pepper spray during the confrontation, and the suspect pulled a handgun and shot her in the chest.

Paramedics rushed the woman to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her name has not yet been released.

The suspect, described as a man in his 20s, fled the bus on foot and is still at large.

A Metro spokesperson said

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