A third victim was found Saturday in a shooting that left one man and a woman dead in an unincorporated area near South Los Angeles.
Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives were called at approximately 9:52 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Firestone Boulevard and Graham Avenue and found the victims lying in the street and on the sidewalk, both suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper torso, said Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
While at the scene, deputies discovered a third victim, a man with a gunshot wound to the leg, Meza said. He was taken to a hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Detectives are canvassing the area for possible witnesses and video surveillance. It is unknown if the shootings were related.
Anyone with information about these shootings was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.