A woman involved in a child custody dispute crashed after fleeing a Target parking lot in San Pedro Sunday night.
Police responded to the parking lot near North Gaffey Street and West Capitol Drive shortly before 9:30 p.m. and made contact with the parties involved, the Los Angeles Police Department stated in a news release.
During the investigation, a woman in her 30s got into a U-Haul pickup truck and intentionally struck another woman, the police department stated.
That woman was treated at the scene and released.
At least one officer opened fire on the truck as the woman fled westbound on Capitol Drive, according to the news release.
As police pursued the vehicle the driver eventually crashed into a tree near the intersection of Gaffey and West Paseo Del Mar in Point Fermin Park area.
The woman, who had no gunshot wounds, suffered minor injuries in the crash and was transported to a local hospital after being taken into custody.
No other members of the community and no officers were injured in the incident.
