Two people were killed and six others wounded in a shooting in downtown Los Angeles early Monday morning at an after-party following the Hard Summer Music Festival, the authorities said.
The shooting did not appear to be one of four official after-parties that the festival had sponsored.
The unsanctioned party was promoted on social media as a celebration after the festival, which featured electronic dance music but also included many crossover acts.
The two-day festival was held over the weekend at Hollywood Park, next to SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, just southwest of downtown. Representatives for the festival could not immediately be reached.
Police officers observed a “big party” at 1116 14th Place at about 11 p.m. on Sunday, officials said, and noticed a person, who was possibly armed with a gun, go inside, the police said in a statement.
Officers shut down the party and arrested that person on a firearm possession charge, said Officer Norma Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
At about 1 a.m. Monday, officers returned to the same spot after reports of gunfire, she said. They found eight people shot.
One man was declared dead at the scene. Seven other people were taken to a hospital, one of whom, a woman, died, Officer Eisenman said.
The conditions of the others who were wounded were not immediately available.
It was not immediately known what led up to the shooting. It was also unclear what, if any, connection the person charged with firearms possession might have had to the shooting.
No arrests have been made, and there was no description of the shooter.
The festival itself faced a 10 p.m. curfew in Inglewood, after the city received hundreds of noise complaints last year.
Adeel Hassan, a New York-based reporter for The Times, covers breaking news and other topics.
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