Man chases woman from home, shoots her, then himself: LASD
LOS ANGELES - Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are investigating the shooting deaths of two people in Los Angeles early Saturday morning.
Deputies responded to a call of shots fired to a home in the 1200 block of E. 119th Street around 4:45 a.m. Saturday. When they got there, they found two people — described as a woman and man in their 40s — unresponsive, according to LASD. The woman was found lying in the driveway, the man on the street. Both had gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.
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According to detectives, the woman lived across the street from where she was discovered. The man, her ex-boyfriend according to the department, was waiting for her when she got home. Deputies say the man chased the woman before shooting her, then himself. Sheriff's deputies recovered a semiautomatic handgun at the scene.
Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call the department at (323) 890-5500 or to submit tips at lacrimestoppers.org.
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