Overview
- Police responded around 2:30 a.m. to a 911 report of a man firing a gun inside a home on the 8400 block of San Luis Avenue.
- As officers arrived, the suspect shot at them, prompting return fire before he retreated back into the residence.
- Two women, ages 25 and early 50s, were found fatally shot inside the home, and a woman in her 70s was transported to a hospital in stable condition.
- Investigators say the suspect was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a firearm was recovered at the scene.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating with South Gate police and is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers.