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Welfare Check Uncovers Double Homicide in Encino Home

The LAPD is examining a broken sliding glass door to help locate the shooter

Overview

  • Officers responding to a welfare check Monday afternoon at a White Oak Avenue residence found an unidentified man and woman with gunshot wounds to the head.
  • Paramedics pronounced both victims dead at the scene and authorities have withheld their identities pending next of kin notification.
  • No arrests have been made and detectives are treating the case as a double homicide under active investigation.
  • Investigators are reviewing reports of gunfire heard around midnight and processing evidence from the broken sliding glass door.
  • Detectives continue to canvass the neighborhood and follow up on leads in the search for one or more suspects.