The shooting happened around midnight near Desert Sands park in Palmdale and the woman was found in a car stopped at the intersection of Avenue L and 10th Street in Lancaster, according to Sgt. R. Loere of the sheriff’s Palmdale Station.
A passerby spotted the woman, who was screaming that she had been shot, and contacted the Sheriff’s Department, according to a report from the scene.
The woman was taken to the hospital in unknown condition, Loere said. Deputies are searching for the shooter, he said.
No further information on the incident was immediately available.
Editor’s note: We’ll update this story when more details become available.
Julie Jensen Angel says
Look what everyone needs to do is stop bickering at each other about what the problems are and start to put into motion what needs to be done to stop the problems. Have any of you even heard or read about the LASD and how much corruption that was going on. Their are officers from our communities going to prison for crimes they themselves have committed. I mean you people are asking for a miracle. The Antelope Valley will never be what you want. So move. Move to Simi Valley. But wait you cant . Cant afford to most likely. So this is your reality. Lancaster and Palmdale have been accepting sex offenders, snitches , and anyone else running from something from other counties for years what do you expect to happen. And by the way low income housing is a short term situation. But section 8 housing is for long term. At least do your homework before you speak on something people. I accept who I am and realize ill never make a million dollars i’m just a ordinary middle class citizen. Who can only keep pushing. Don’t talk about the problem unless you are gonna be part of the solution. And used to be a piece of the problem who is now looking for a solution.
Reyna says
Julie,
You’re wrong. Areas can change for the better! I lived in the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area for 30 years. I lived there from the 1950s through the 1990s. In the 1950s, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley was a playground for the rich and celebrities from Hollywood. It kept that reputation through the 1960s but then, when the 1970s came, the area took a major downhill turn. Beautiful mid-century homes became crack dens, transients were running around everywhere, crime was way up, places were being rented out really cheap. It was that way up until the mid-1990s.
You know what changed the area? Suddenly, a bunch of gay men and lesbians from L.A. , Orange County and San Francisco moved in. They bought the old houses and gave them new life. They brought business to Palm Canyon Drive, and to Indian Canyon Dr. and cleaned up the shopping areas. They brought back an interest in the arts and, soon after, the nice stores started to follow. The retirees from Canada and the “snow birds” who left during the 70s and 80s during the crime wave, started to come back. Resorts started popping up again, festivals started happening (Coachella, Stage Coach, Dinah Shore weekend, etc) and suddenly the area got its “life” back again.
The Antelope Valley is on a trajectory to get back on its feet again. It will because it is the only place in Southern California that is still somewhat desirable and affordable. It is also much closer to L.A. than Bakersfield or Victorville. The aerospace industry is thriving again also. The A.V. will be a great place in the near-future, and those who put it down, or gave up and left, will be sorry they did so.
Laughing says
Tom, the landowners that rent to Section 8 have their hands tied to a certain extent.
Focus more on the County and State that does not seem to have enough people, or enough smart people to catch the Section 8 rule breakers and then kick them off leaving decent Section 8 renters to a benefit that helps many to later succeed through lower rent and stable home.
Tom says
You have to be joking. I’ve lived in the AV since 1983 and have yet met anyone who was a previous section 8 tenant. If anything I know a family who started on section 8 then her daughter jumped on section 8 and now her grandson 22 years old has a section 8 apartment in Palmdale. So it only helps generations to find a cheap way out of being productive citizens. And owners renting to section 8 are given a guaranteed payment, as well get tax breaks, and gets protection from the government in the event something happens to the home. Non section 8 home renters are taxed higher, have a longer process and more expensive route of evictions, and pay out of pocket for all unexpected surprises. For all current and future landlords credit reports speak for themselves. Someone with great credit are less likely to skip payments, or cause damage to a property.
Tim Scott says
Oh bull Tom. People don’t pay their rent when they have a sudden income loss, like they get laid off, or have a sudden expense like medical costs in the land of the free to not be insured. Having good credit does nothing to insulate people from such problems, it just means that they haven’t had such problems yet.
If you were talking about giving people unsecured loans, then, yeah, credit report makes all the difference because people may just blow off payments on those…but they don’t just blow off paying rent. If they don’t pay rent it’s because they can’t.
Tom says
We’re not talking about what if’s Timmy. We’re talking about people that take advantage of a system that was meant for short term periods of aid. And renting a home is a form of an unsecured loan. One is trusted with another’s property yet usually only paying a first and last months rent payment.
Tim Scott says
Tom, until you have a clue what “unsecured loan” actually means we should drop this conversation. I’ve been trying really hard to stop making people who don’t know what they are talking about look stupid.
Laughing says
As a person that once applied for section 8 and was once on welfare I have to disagree with your generalized statement.
Yes, as I mentioned, the County and State workers need to up their game. Generational welfare is a problem and I too know people that abuse the system, basically stealing from those in need because there is less to go around. Again, the true blame should be placed on County and State for not enforcing rules properly.
I have met many Section 8 landlords that wish they could kick out their crappy tenants, but rules prevent it. But, yes you are correct, there are lazy landlords as well that just want their money.
Happy to say I got my career, got my home, and helped to raise one child that has a career and her own child, trying for a house too. Not everyone in the system is a low life freeloader.
David Davis says
It’s most likely the Mexican Mafia that shot that woman because three of their members were arrested. I heard from bikers that Jose Hernandez and the Hernandez gang are connected to the Mexican Mafia. Law enforcement needs to run a check on every address in Palmdale and Lancaster to find out what type of gangs are operating here so they could be arrested.
Rome Johnson says
You need to get rid of these white collar scumbags who keep this town’s environment the way it is. Also the politicians secretly hoarding under the table money and kick backs instead of advancing living situations for everybody in the Valley.
David Davis says
Rome, you sound like the guy who did the shooting. Your detracting the crime towards White collar crime and away from your gang.