Pair of deadly Los Angeles neighborhood shootings may be connected
Police have detained a person of interest possibly connected to two deadly shootings in Los Angeles Tuesday. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department initially responded to the area of West 10th Street and Victoria Avenue in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood at around 4:30 p.m. on reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. An unidentified male [...]
Police have detained a person of interest possibly connected to two deadly shootings in Los Angeles Tuesday.
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department initially responded to the area of West 10th Street and Victoria Avenue in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood at around 4:30 p.m. on reports of an assault with a deadly weapon.
An unidentified male victim was found with at least one gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe the victim was riding an electric bike when he was shot.
A second incident was reported shortly before 11 p.m. about two miles away in the Koreatown neighborhood.
Officers found a woman dead inside a vehicle on South Berendo Street near West 8th Street. The unidentified victim had also been shot at least one time.
The suspect in both shootings was described as an adult male.
Investigators are talking to a person of interest detained in connection with the shootings but no arrests have been made, an LAPD spokesperson told KTLA.
The motive for the shootings are unknown.
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