Crime & Safety

Elderly Couple Found Shot To Death In Westwood

The bodies of a man and woman were found in a parked car in Westwood, and police are investigating their shooting deaths as a murder-suicide

WESTWOOD, CA — A man and a woman were found shot to death in a parked car in the Westwood area, and authorities are investigating the case as an apparent murder-suicide.

The dead man and woman were a couple in their 80s, police said.

The bodies were discovered about 8:45 a.m. in the 500 block of Veteran Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. It was not immediately known which person shot the other, police said.

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Authorities withheld the names of the pair, pending notification of their relatives.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report. Photo: Shutterstock

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