A 23-year-old man wounded in a shooting in Valley Glen that left two men dead was booked for murder, police said Wednesday.
Vahan Simonyan was absentee booked by Los Angeles Police Department Operations Valley Bureau homicide detectives for murder in connection with the deaths of Arkadi Simonyan, 44, and Mesrop Malkhasyan, 38.
It was unclear if or how Vahan Simonyan and Arkadi Simonyan are related.
Vahan Simonyan was hospitalized following the shooting and is expected to survive.
The shooting was reported at about 10 p.m. Monday at Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Victory Boulevard, police said.
Three male North Hollywood residents got into a dispute moments before two men produced firearms and began shooting at each other. All three men sustained numerous gunshot wounds, police said. A preliminary investigation revealed that the shooting stemmed from an earlier business dispute, police said.
Anyone with information about the case was urged to call the LAPD Valley Bureau homicide office at 818-374-9550, or 877-LAPD-247.