An 88-year-old woman was wounded when a private security guard responding to a burglar alarm at her Encino home mistakenly shot her, authorities said Monday.
The shooting occurred at 8 p.m. Sunday in the 5200 block of Encino Avenue, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Operations Center.
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The wounded woman was taken to a hospital for treatment, he said. Her condition was not available.
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