1 dead, 1 wounded following shooting in South Los Angeles

Police are investigating a double-shooting that left one person dead and another wounded in South Los Angeles Wednesday evening. 

The shooting occurred at around 8:50 p.m. at a strip mall located near Avalon Boulevard at the Imperial Highway, according to police. 

Officers arrived to find one person, a woman, dead at the scene. Her identity has been withheld pending notification of next of kin. 

The second victim, a man, was taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.

With Sky9 over the scene, dozens of evidence markers could be seen littering the strip mall's parking lot, which was completely block off by police barrier tape. 

There was no information immediately available on either a suspect or a motive in the shooting.