2 Injured When Someone Opens Fire on Couple in Parked Car in Pasadena

By City News Service

Pasadena police are seeking whomever fired dozens of shots at a pair of lovers in a parked car just north of downtown, injuring two women and hitting three homes.

The gunshots were fired around 9:20 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Marengo Avenue, north of Orange Grove Boulevard, said Lt. Jason Clawson of the Pasadena Police Department.

A 29-year-old Phillips Ranch woman was sitting in a pulled over vehicle with her 31-year-old boyfriend when a barrage of bullets was fired at them, Clawson said.

The female victim was shot once in the arm and was driven to an area hospital by her boyfriend, a Pasadena man. He was not hurt by the gunfire, the lieutenant said, and the woman's injury was considered non-life threatening.

Another female passer-by was grazed by a bullet and was expected to be OK, Clawson said.

Three nearby residences were hit by the gunfire, though no one inside was injured, he said.

It's unknown how many shooters were involved or whether they were on foot or in a vehicle.