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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

A bookmark for children with the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline emergency telephone number is displayed by Lance Neiberger, a volunteer with the Natrona County Suicide Prevention Task Force, while they speak about mental health and suicide awareness in Casper, Wyoming on August 14, 2022. Sixteen years ago, after his son died by suicide, Lance Neiberger thought of taking his own life.
Instead, the petroleum engineer — who lives in central Wyoming — is spearheading the difficult battle to curb the western US state’s suicide rate, the highest in the nation. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

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.