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1 killed, 2 others shot in Wilmington neighborhood

CBS News Los Angeles: The Rundown (Aug. 16 AM Edition)
CBS News Los Angeles: The Rundown (Aug. 16 AM Edition) 01:56

Los Angeles police were in Wilmington Tuesday afternoon investigating a triple shooting in a residential area.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, it happened a little after 2:05 p.m. on the 800 block of Lagoon Avenue. When officers arrived they found three people with gunshot wounds, two of whom were conscious and breathing. 

Police identified the three victims as two women and another person but did not identify the victim's gender. They did not immediately provide a description of the suspect, though indicated that they were searching for two male suspects,

All three victims were taken to a nearby hospital where one of the victims, a woman in her 20s, was later pronounced dead. 

The two others remained in an unknown condition.

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