LOS ANGELES (AP) – Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a multimillion dollar short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighbourhood early on Saturday, police said.
The shooting occurred about 2.30am in the Beverly Crest neighbourhood. This is at least the sixth mass shooting in California this month. Sergeant Frank Preciado from Los Angeles Police Department said earlier on Saturday that the three people killed were inside a vehicle.
Two of the four victims were taken in private vehicles to area hospitals and two others were transported by ambulance, police spokesperson Sergeant Bruce Borihanh said.
Two were in critical condition and two were in stable condition, Borihanh said.
The ages and genders of the victims were not immediately released. Investigators were trying to determine if there was a party at the rental home or what type of gathering was occurring, Borihanh said.
Borihanh added that police have no information on suspects.
With the shooting over, the block was sectioned off as investigators scoured for evidence.
The mid-century home is in Beverly Crest, a quiet neighbourhood nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains where houses are large and expensive. The property, estimated at USD3 million, is on a cul-de-sac and described in online real estate platforms as modern and private with a pool and outdoor shower.
LAPD Officer Jader Chaves said the department did not know if the house had a history of noise or other party-related complaints.
The early Saturday morning shooting comes on top a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb last week that left 11 dead and nine wounded and shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms that left seven dead and one wounded.
Last Saturday, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran gunned down patrons at a ballroom dance hall in predominantly Asian Monterey Park, where tens of thousands attended Lunar New Year festivities earlier that evening.
