As Lauren Mishkind was walking along 7th Street this summer in downtown Los Angeles, a man pulled a handgun and pointed it at another person standing behind her.
Terrified, she hid behind a car while the assailant tackled the victim.
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FOR THE RECORD
An earlier version of this post identified Lauren Mishkind as a licensed architect. She is an architectural designer.
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“I was just shaking for the rest of the day,” said Mishkind, who lives downtown and works at an architecture firm in the area.