Woman Shot and Killed on Irvine Street, Suspect Detained

IRVINE, Calif. (KTLA) --           ground with a gunshot wound.
Police have detained a man in      She was pronounced dead at
connection with the shooting       the scene.
death of woman who was killed      Police used helicopters and K-
on a sidewalk in an exclusive      9 units to search the area
neighborhood in Irvine,            for the gunman.
authorities said.                  Some homes were evacuated.
Officers responded to reports      Other residents were urged to
of gunfire near Turtle Rock        stay inside.
and Almalfi drives just after      Police initially described
2 p.m., Irvine police Lt.          the suspect as a Latino man,
Julia Engen said.                  about 35, 5-foot-9" tall, 200
A neighbor called 911 after        pounds, wearing a light-blue
hearing a woman screaming and      shirt and tan pants.
then gunfire, police said.         It is not known if the victim
When officers arrived they         and suspect knew each other.
found a woman lying on the         

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