Overview
- The crash occurred late Saturday night, Oct. 31, when an LAPD patrol car using lights and siren struck a 32-year-old woman near Woodman Avenue and Bessemer Street in Valley Glen.
- Both officers in the cruiser remained at the scene and were not injured, and the vehicle was identified as a North Hollywood Division unit responding to a call in the Van Nuys Division.
- Police had received reports of shots fired at a large Halloween house party in Sherman Oaks attended by about 300 people, and officers cleared the gathering without reported injuries.
- The LAPD’s Multidisciplinary Collision Investigation Team is handling the inquiry and the Los Angeles County medical examiner will release the victim’s name only after her family has been notified.
- Family members told local reporters they are devastated and the death may prompt closer review of emergency response and cross-division dispatch procedures in Los Angeles.