Two men killed in a shooting in the unincorporated community of Rowland Heights near Industry were publicly identified Saturday.
Jose Zavala Lopez, 39, was a Walnut resident and Jose Meraz, 27, lived in Paramount, according to the coroner’s office.
Deputies responded about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday to a rescue call in a home in the 18000 block of Villa Clara Street, near Fullerton Road, where both victims were found suffering from trauma to their heads, according to Deputy James Nagao of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The coroner’s office said Meraz died from a gunshot wound to his back but that he had blunt force head trauma.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel pronounced both victims dead at the scene.
Neither a motive for the shooting nor a description of any suspects were available.
