One dead, one wounded following shooting near Skid Row

Authorities are investigating a shooting in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles. 

The shooting reportedly occurred at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening near 9th Street and San Julian Street. 

Responding Los Angeles Police Department officers found one person, a man in his 20s, dead at the scene. They couldn't locate the second victim, who appears to have left the area following the shooting. 

They are searching for a suspect, a man in his 30s, who fled the scene. 

Officers were investigating whether the incident was gang-related.