LAKEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — A triple shooting that left a 17-year-old girl and two adults dead Thursday at a home in Lakewood was a murder-suicide, City Councilmember Todd Rogers said.
Rogers did not provide additional details about the circumstances that led to the shooting.
Deputies responded at around 7:55 a.m. Thursday to the 5800 block of Lorelei Avenue, near South Street, to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
When deputies arrived, they were met by an “extremely distraught” woman who was detained for questioning after she came outside. Inside the house, they found three deceased individuals — the teenage girl, a man, and a woman, all of whom were believed to be members of the same family, Lt. Daniel Vizcarra of the LASD Homicide Bureau told reporters at the scene.
Their identities were not released, and it was unclear which person was the shooter. Whether all of the three deceased lived at the home was also unknown.
The detained woman did not sustain any injuries and was taken to the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station to be interviewed by investigators. Authorities said she was apparently related to the teenager and the two adults, and Vizcarra noted that she was not being as a suspect or a person of interest in the case.
The lieutenant confirmed said a gun was recovered at the home.
Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters cleared the location by 8:51 a.m. and did not take anyone to a hospital, a Fire Department spokesman said.
A 17-year-old girl and two adults were found dead Thursday morning inside a home in Lakewood following a triple shooting, authorities said.
“There is no threat to the public at-large and there is no outstanding suspect,” Rogers wrote on social media.
Sheriff’s Capt. Daniel Holguin told reporters at the scene: “Obviously this incident is a tragedy. Lakewood is one of the safest cities in L.A. This is definitely going to affect our community regarding this tragedy, but like (Vizcarra) said, at this time it seems like an isolated incident and there’s no safety issues to the public right now.”
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website lacrimestoppers.org.
If you are experiencing suicidal, substance use or other mental health crises please call or text the new three-digit code at 988. You will reach a trained crisis counselor for free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also go to 988lifeline.org.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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