Pregnant Clerk Wounded, Fetus Dies in Holdup
A clerk at a party supply store who was five months’ pregnant was shot three times Tuesday during a robbery attempt, leaving the fetus dead and the mother in critical condition, police said.
The incident began about 1:15 p.m. at the Happy Days Party Supplies store in the 3600 block of West 3rd Street, said Det. John Freitas of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The robber demanded money from the 27-year-old clerk and opened fire when the clerk told him she did not have any, authorities said.
There were no other injuries.
The woman, whose name was not released, was taken to County-USC Medical Center with wounds to her face, torso and buttocks, authorities said. An emergency caesarean failed to save the fetus, police said.
Authorities had no further information about her assailant, who remained at large late Tuesday.
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