( CNN ) An American citizen was wounded by gunfire Thursday as she drove from the medical school in Karachi , Pakistan , where she works , police said . Debra Lobo , a 55-year-old California native , was shot in the right cheek and left arm and is unconscious but expected to survive , according to Mohamad Shah , a Karachi police spokesman . Police found pamphlets that the assailants had thrown into Lobo 's car , written in Urdu , saying `` America should be burnt , '' Shah said . Lobo had left the Jinnah Medical and Dental College , where she works as vice principal , to pick up her two daughters from school . Two assailants on a passing motorcycle shot her while she was driving , Shah said . `` Our U.S. Consulate General in Karachi is in close contact with Pakistani authorities and is working to obtain more information , '' said a U.S. Embassy spokesperson . Lobo is being treated at the Karachi 's Aga Khan Hospital , said Shah . She has lived in Pakistan since 1996 and is married to a Christian Pakistani who is a librarian at the American School in Karachi . Karachi police are investigating , Shah said .
Debra Lobo , 55 , is unconscious but is expected to survive after being shot Thursday , police say . She is vice principal of the Jinnah Medical and Dental College in Karachi . Police : " The suspect was a Pakistani national who had been living in Pakistan for some time.