Two men and a woman were shot dead in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood just one week after 18 were killed in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, as California sees its sixth mass shooting in a month.
The three victims who died were reportedly found inside a car outside a $3 million home.
Four others were injured in the shooting outside the home on Ellison Drive in ritzy Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles around 2.30am on Saturday.
Two took themselves to the hospital before police arrived, while two others were transported by emergency services, according to ABC 7. All four are in critical condition.
LAPD Sergeant Bruce Borihanh said the shooting happened outside of the home, which is believed to have been used as a short-term rental.
It is unclear what led up to the shooting and the suspect remains at large.
Two men and a woman were shot dead outside of a home on Ellison Drive in ritzy Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles around 2.30am on Saturday. The three deceased victims were reportedly found inside a car
Four others were also shot and left critically injured. The shooter remains at large and it is unclear what started the deadly incident
The shooting occurred outside a home (pictured) on Ellison Drive. It is believed to have been rented as a short-term property
The fatal shooting is the sixth mass shooting in California this month.
The early Saturday morning shooting comes on top a massacre at a Monterey Park dance hall last week on the Lunar New Year that left 11 dead and nine wounded, as well as shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms that left seven dead and one wounded.
Huu Can Tran, 72, had been banned from the ballroom about five years ago for pestering women and being too ‘argumentative,’ prior to the shooting in Monterey Park.
Tran shot 42 rounds into the ballroom on Saturday night, before driving to the nearby club where he was disarmed.
Police on Thursday also revealed the weapon he used in the mass shooting was a Cobray model CM11-9 while a .308 caliber bolt action rifle was found at his home.
A day later, Chunli Zhao, 66, a Chinese farm worker, shot seven of his fellow workers dead.
The shootings took place at two separate locations in Half Moon Bay, with four shot at a facility run by Concord Farms, and three at Mountain Mushroom Farms two miles away. Officials are unsure which was attacked first.
Despite this being the sixth mass shooting in a month in California, crime is down 13 percent overall in Los Angeles, compared to the same time last year
Children were present at the time, because some of the workers lived on-site with their families.
An eighth person was shot and injured and airlifted to Stanford Medical Center.
Zhao is expected to be charged with seven counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, firearm enhancement and a charge of ‘multiple murder.’ He is being held without bail.
The gun used in the attack was a legally purchased semi-automatic handgun. Investigators have not said publicly what the motive for the shooting is but San Mateo County Sheriff spokesman Eamonn Allen said the signs point to workplace violence.
The shooting comes shortly after 18 people were killed in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay by Huu Can Tran (left) and Chunli Zhao (right), respectively. Tran killed 11 people at a ballroom, while Zhao killed seven of his coworkers
In another unrelated mass shooting in California earlier this month, six people were shot dead at a home in central California in what police described as a ‘horrific massacre’.
The victims included a teen mother and her infant, who were both shot execution style. The infant was found cradled in the arms of his mother as she attempted to flee with her infant son.
Authorities are searching for at least two suspects in what appeared to be a gang-related murders, sheriff’s officials said.
The consecutive killings have dealt a blow to the state, which has some of the nation’s toughest firearm laws and lowest rates of gun deaths.
For the third straight year, the US in 2022 recorded over 600 mass shootings in which at least four people were killed or injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Despite the increase in mass shootings this month, crime is down 13 percent overall in Los Angeles, compared to the same time last year.
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