Four men killed in separate shootings

Two men were shot to death Friday night in Compton, authorities said.

The men, who have not been identified, were found near the 900 block of East Oaks Street about 11 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. One man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital, where he died.

In Los Angeles, a man was shot and killed in the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw area about 11:45 p.m. Friday.

Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Herrera said the victim was in his 30s and was beaten by four men outside a party in the 4200 block of Don Tapia Place. One of the four men also shot the victim, who was taken to a hospital, where he died, Herrera said.

She said police have two men in custody and are searching for two others.

Los Angeles police also found a man who had been shot and killed in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood  about 4:30 p.m. Friday. The man, who was in a vehicle in the 1000 block of West 60th Street, had multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead at the scene, Herrera said.

-- Ari B. Bloomekatz

Comments

[Mufon]

Four dead in eight hours from violent crimes. Earl Hutchinson? Jesse Jackson? Al Sharpton? Activists? Anyone care other than the relatives of the slaughtered?

[M. Scott]

Almost as bad as Obama's town Chicago.

[Luke the Duke]

Wow, just when Mayor Villar and cronie Chief Bratton tell us how safe we are, all hell breaks loose.
What ever came of the LAPD crime map that omitted 40% of the crimes?? Anyone get fired for that??
Or shot?

[Lesley]

I know the names of the two men who were shot.the one who was taken to the hospital and then died was my cousin, no lie and no joke, and the other was a friend i think.