Crime & Safety
Shooting Deaths Of 2 In Westwood Home Believed To Be Murder-Suicide
The pair were found shot to death early Friday morning.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A man and a woman were found shot to death inside a Westwood home early Friday, and Los Angeles police are investigating the case as a possible murder-suicide.
Officers responded at about 5:45 a.m. to a reported shooting at a two-story home on the 1300 block of Holmby Avenue, near Wellworth Avenue and just west of the Los Angeles Country Club, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
When officers entered the home, they found a man and a woman dead inside. Police have not publicly identified either victim, released their ages or detailed their relationship to each other.
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Authorities are investigating the deaths as a possible murder-suicide, police said.
CBS Los Angeles reported that the victims appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds. The station also reported it was not immediately known who contacted police to report the deaths.
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Few additional details were immediately available Friday morning.
The investigation remains ongoing.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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