LA shooting: Two killed, six injured in downtown shooting; suspect arrested, motive unknown
Two people died and six others were injured after a shooting early Monday in downtown Los Angeles.The violence broke out during an after-party for a music festival held Sunday in a warehouse district. According to Officer Norma Eisenman, an armed person was seen entering the building during the event.Police first responded around 11 pm to shut down what they described as a “big party.” The armed person was arrested at the scene, Eisenman said.The event had been promoted on social media as an after-party for Hard Summer, a weekend techno-music festival held at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, about nine miles away, KTLA-TV reported as cited by AP.Shortly after officers had cleared the area, police received a report of shots fired around 1 am. When they returned, they found one person dead and learned that multiple people had been shot, Eisenman said in an email.A male victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and a female victim died later at a hospital. Six other people were taken to hospitals with injuries. Their conditions were not immediately known.There was no suspect information, and investigators remained at the scene for several hours.
