Young aspiring filmmaker, Carrie Jean Melvin was randomly shot and killed in Hollywood earlier this week.
The woman who was shot and killed Sunday in Hollywood has been identified by police as 30-year-old Carrie Jean Melvin, a production assistant who moved to Hollywood four years ago to join the film industry.
Melvin was fatally shot Sunday night when she and her boyfriend were walking from her apartment on McCadden Place, close to Highland Avenue, toward Sunset Boulevard.
Authorities say a man walked up to Melvin pulled out a shotgun and shot her in the head before getting into a small black car and fleeing the scene, where she subsequently was pronounced dead.
Her boyfriend was not injured and told investigators nothing was said before she was shot and killed.
“We just don’t know,” LAPD Det. John Skaggs told the Times. “On the one hand, she didn’t have any known enemies. On the other hand, it looks like it was directed toward her. … We’re looking at all angles.”
Authorities still are searching for the suspect, who has been described as a black male in his mid-20s who was wearing a hoodie and was about 6 feet tall.
Melvin’s father told the Los Angeles Times that his daughter worked as a waitress, bartender and production assistant after moving to Los Angeles in 2011 from Morro Bay, California.
According to reports, Melvin became CEO of a social media management company in June.
“Everyone you talked to just loved her,” her father told the Times. “She was a joy to be around. When she looked at you, you felt like you were in the spotlight.”
