Two men were shot to death Wednesday night as they attempted to escape an attack in a narrow Wilmington street, police said.
The two men were found dead within 200 feet of each other in the 1500 block of E. Lomita Boulevard around 9 p.m., said Los Angeles police Sgt. Danny Contreras, who investigated the incident.
One man was found shot to death in the passenger seat of a crashed sedan, and the other discovered laying dead in the street, he said.
"Basically, that's a storage area for mountains of stacked containers," he said. "It appeared the driver of the victims' vehicle was attempting to escape. We don't know if he was traveling in reverse or what, but somehow he lost control of the vehicle and careened into a chain link fence."
No
weapons were found at the scene, and police do not believe the
incident was a robbery.
The victims' identities were not yet released, and police have no suspect information or indication that the incident was gang related.
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