COSTA MESA – Police Tuesday were investigating the fatal shooting of a young woman last night in Costa Mesa.

Officers responded at about 11:10 p.m. Monday to a report of shots fired and a person wounded in the 1500 block of Lukup Lane, according to Public Affairs Manager Roxi Fyad of the Costa Mesa Police Department.

“Officers found a 20-year-old Huntington Beach woman on the sidewalk suffering from several apparent gunshot wounds,” Fyad said.

Officers rendered aid until Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue crews arrived and took the woman to a hospital, where she later died, according to Fyad.

The victim, whose name was withheld, was known to the suspect, who remains at large, Fyad said.

A description was not immediately available.

Anyone with information about the killing was urged to call the

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