A total of eight people were shot after a party in downtown Los Angeles overnight, and police say two of them are dead.
The shooting took place around 1 a.m. Monday in the area of East 14th Place and Paloma Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The address provided by authorities is located in an industrial zone just north of the 10 Freeway.
An event flyer indicates that an “unofficial” afterparty for attendees of the Hard Summer music festival called “Way After You Go Hard – Afterparty Day 2” was being held in the 1200 block of Paloma. Hard Summer was held at Hollywood Park, next to SoFi Stadium, over the weekend.
LAPD officers had previously been in the area around 11 p.m. Sunday to shut a party down, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether the gathering of people early Monday was connected to the earlier party that was shut down. One person was detained for possessing a firearm during that interaction, authorities said.
Two hours later, officers returned to the area after a radio call of shots being fired, and when they arrived, a large crowd was blocking the roadway.
A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told KTLA 5’s Erin Myers early Monday morning that, in addition to the two , six people were injured – including at least one in critical condition.
The deceased victims were only described as a man and a woman. The former died at the scene while the latter was pronounced dead at a hospital.
There was a large crowd spotted outside California Hospital Medical Center; it is believed that some of the victims were taken there by ambulance, while others self-transported.
Video footage shows a chaotic scene unfolding in the moments after the gunfire erupted, with people heard screaming and seen fleeing the area as officers arrived and began putting up crime scene tape. Two bodies were seen in the roadway; neither were moving.
The scene was still active at 6 a.m. Monday; East 14th Street remained blocked off between Paloma and Griffith Avenue.
No information on a suspect or suspects was immediately available.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the LAPD.
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