A 32-year-old woman died late Saturday night after being struck by an Los Angeles Police Department patrol car that was responding to a disturbance call at a Halloween party.
The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of Woodman Avenue and Bessemer Street in Valley Glen. Los Angeles firefighters pronounced the woman deceased at the scene. No officers sustained any injuries in the collision.
According to reports, the patrol car, assigned to the LAPD's North Hollywood Division, was traveling to a Halloween house party several miles away in Sherman Oaks. The department had received a report of shots fired at the party, where an estimated 300 people were present. The vehicle was reportedly operating with its emergency lights and siren activated at the time of the incident.
The woman was reportedly outside of a marked crosswalk when the collision took place. The crowd at the Halloween party was subsequently dispersed without further incident.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner pending notification of her next of kin. The LAPD's Multidisciplinary Collision Investigation Team has opened an investigation into the fatality.
