WESTCHESTER, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An 18-year-old woman was shot and killed late Friday on a Metro bus in Westchester after intervening in a fight between her boyfriend and another man, authorities said.

The confrontation occurred about 10:45 p.m. near the intersection of Manchester and Belford avenues, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The bus driver "heard gunshots from the rear of the bus and immediately stopped, allowing all passengers to exit," said Metro spokesman Jose Ubaldo. "One passenger was found injured and transported to a local hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries."

According to the LAPD, a fight broke out on the bus between the woman's boyfriend and the suspect. The woman was shot after she brandished pepper spray to intervene i

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