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3 killed in shooting at rental home in ritzy Los Angeles neighborho­od

- By Richard Vogel

LOS ANGELES — Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a multimilli­on-dollar shortterm rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborho­od early Saturday, police said.

The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the Beverly Crest neighborho­od. This is at least the sixth mass shooting in California this month.

Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department said earlier Saturday that the three people killed were inside a vehicle.

Two of the four victims were taken in private vehicles to area hospitals and two others were transporte­d by ambulance, police spokespers­on Sgt. Bruce Borihanh said. Two were in critical condition and two were in stable condition, Borihanh said. The ages and genders of the victims were not immediatel­y released.

Investigat­ors were trying to determine whether there was a party at the rental home or what type of gathering was occurring, Borihanh said.

Borihanh said police have no informatio­n on suspects. With the shooting over, the block was sectioned off as investigat­ors scoured for evidence.

The mid-century home is in Beverly Crest, a quiet neighborho­od nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains where houses are large and expensive. The property, estimated at $3 million, is on a cul-de-sac and described in online real estate platforms as modern and private with a pool and outdoor shower.

LAPD Officer Jader Chaves said the department did not know if the house had a history of noise or other party-related complaints.

The early Saturday morning shooting comes on top of a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb last week that left 11 dead and nine wounded and shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms that left seven dead and one wounded.

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