Crime & Safety

2 Shot to Death in Palms in Possible Murder-Suicide

Two people were found shot to death in the Palms area of Los Angeles Monday. Police are investigating it as a possible murder-suicide.

Two people were found shot to death in the Palms area of Los Angeles Monday. Police are investigating it as a possible murder-suicide.
Two people were found shot to death in the Palms area of Los Angeles Monday. Police are investigating it as a possible murder-suicide. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

CULVER CITY, CA — Two people were found shot to death in the Palms area of Los Angeles Monday, in what police say is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide.

Los Angeles Police Department officers were called about 1:30 p.m. to the 9700 block of Regent Street, near the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, on reports of the shooting and found two people down with gunshot wounds at the scene, according to the department's Officer Rosario Cervantes.

The two patients were pronounced dead at the scene. Their names were withheld pending notification of relatives.

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Events leading up to the shooting were unclear, but Cervantes said authorities were investigating the deaths as a possible murder-suicide.

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