1 shot dead at party
Packed L.A. bash for newly drafted NFL player: sources
One person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at a Los Angeles mansion party Tuesday morning, police told the Daily News.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said officials were still gathering information on the party thrown on Mulholland Drive, but confirmed that all three people were shot.
The two wounded are in stable condition, the spokesman told The News.
Los Angeles Lt. Chris Ramirez said during a press conference Tuesday morning that the victim killed was a woman around 35 years old.
A fourth woman suffered a non-firearm-related wrist injury while fleeing the shooting. An almost 11-minute Instagram video showing off the expensive cars parked outside the party apparently captured the gunshots, at least 20, and people running away screaming just before 1 a.m.
Police sirens can be heard in the background just before the video cuts off.
Kennie Leggett, who said he was handling security for the party, told CBSLA that the revelers were celebrating a player who had recently been drafted into the NFL. The NFL draft was held virtually on April 23 and 24.
“We have money,” Leggett said. “We are people. This, COVID I mean, is just pushing us out everywhere, and we have nothing, so the only thing we do have is Airbnbs to rent, swimming pools for our kids, to do big things and things of that nature.”
The Los Angeles Police Department couldn’t confirm the owner of the house or the purpose of the party.
Police officers had responded to a disturbance call at the mansion earlier that evening and found almost 200 people packed onto the terrace and into the pool, but couldn’t enter to break up the party without a warrant.
“When the officers arrived, they did notice large amounts of people on the roadway and vehicles kind of blocking, double parked and stuff, stacked on the roadway,” Ramirez said during a press conference. “At that point, the officers met with the responsible party and security officers at that location. They were able to get their compliance, to help get the people back into the private party, and at the same time, did some enforcement.”
Parties “of any size” have been banned by the L.A. County Department of Public Health as coronavirus protocol.
No arrests have been made but Ramirez said the shooting may have been gang-related.