Crime & Safety
Police Search For Man Who Shot 2 People, Killing 1 In West LA
A young man was shot to death in West LA Sunday and another man is in stable condition. Police believe the same man shot both victims.
WEST LOS ANGELES, CA — Police are searching for a suspect who shot two men, killing one of them, in the West Los Angeles area Sunday.
Both men were shot at about 5:15 p.m. Sunday in the 8700 block of Guthrie Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The victims were taken to a nearby hospital, where one of the men died from his injuries, and the second man remains in critical condition. Police have yet to release the name of the slain man in his early 20s, pending notification of his family. They also have not released a detailed description of the shoot except to say that it was a man.
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Anyone with information on the case was urged to call homicide detectives at (213) 382-9470, or LAPD-247.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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