A woman was fatally wounded in a shooting outside Gable House Bowl in Torrance early Saturday and then involved in a traffic accident as a friend rushed her to a hospital, police said.

The shooting occurred about 12:45 a.m. in the parking lot of the bowling alley at 22501 Hawthorne Blvd. An officer who heard the shots stopped a car that was racing away. Four people inside were detained.

At the same moment, a car pulled out of the bowling alley lot and crashed shortly after at Hawthorne Boulevard and Carson Street. The wounded victim was inside.

“The driver was panicking because his friend was in the seat,” Torrance police Sgt. Paul Kranke said. “He panicked and crashed.”

The driver was taking the victim to a hospital, although it was not clear where he was going. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center is nearby, and he was headed in that direction.

Paramedics responded, finding the woman critically wounded. She was taken to a hospital, underwent surgery and later died, Kranke said. Her name has not been released, but police said she was in her mid-20s.

Police do not know what prompted the gunfire. Witnesses were not cooperating with officers, police said.

Detectives worked the shooting throughout the night. Three of the four men who were detained were taken to jail for unrelated offenses. Each faced outstanding warrants. Their names were not immediately available. They were described as men in their early 20s.

Gable House Bowl hosts “Rock-N-Glow” bowling events on Friday and Saturday nights from midnight to 3 a.m., as well as on Sunday nights.