Los Angeles Police Department Northeast detectives have released a composite drawing of a man who shot and wounded a woman during a purse snatching incident in the Silverlake area on April 11.

Detectives say the woman and a group of her companions were walking to their car in the 2300 block of Glendale Boulevard around 9:30pm when a man approached them and asked for the time.  As the individuals looked down at their watches, the man violently attempted to snatch the woman’s purse. Her companions intervened and struggled to fight off of the suspect.  In the course of the struggle, the suspect shot the woman in the arm and ran with her purse.  Paramedics rushed the woman to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

The suspect was described as a thin-build, male Hispanic between 20 to 35 years of age.  He is five-feet eight-inches tall and was last seen wearing a dark-blue hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to call Northeast Division robbery detectives at (213)847-4270.