A teenager was shot while sitting in his car after dropping off his prom date, family members said.
Los Angeles police received a call about 4 a.m. Sunday regarding a car-to-car shooting on Mayall Street, just east of Corbin Avenue, in Northridge.
Police said the 19-year-old victim was struck four times.
The teen, identified by family members as Julian Archer, continued to drive about 50 yards after being shot and eventually crashed into a tree, neighbors said.
"I was asleep and all of a sudden I hear something that sounded like someone hitting a pipe. It was like, 'Pop,' it was scary," said neighbor Magda Ezouz.
Archer was taken to a hospital, where he underwent a four-hour surgery and was in critical condition, family members said.
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Archer's father told NBC4 that the teen was struck in his neck, shoulder and abdomen.
The shooting did not appear to be gang-related, police said.
Archer's father said the teen, a student at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, was with his girlfriend at her prom at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley before the shooting.
