A woman was shot and killed in the Westmont neighborhood of South Los Angeles on Thursday night, authorities said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said deputies responded to reports of a shooting on the 1200 block of West 87th Street at about 8:53 p.m.

The 41-year-old undocumented mother from South Los Angeles is accused of orchestrating a fake kidnapping by federal immigration agents to generate sympathy and solicit donations.

A woman accused of faking her immigration kidnapping from downtown Los Angeles was found at a shopping plaza’s parking lot in another California city days later, according to the Justice Department. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon,