2 shot and killed inside upscale Los Angeles home; no one in custody
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were dispatched to conduct a welfare check in the 4700 block of White Oak Avenue in Encino shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday. Upon arriving, the officers found a pair of victims, only described as a man and a woman, had been shot in the head.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene by responding L.A. Fire Department paramedics. The relationship between the two decedents is not known.
As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, there was no description of a suspect or suspects, and they remained outstanding.
A nearby resident who called KTLA to report the police activity stated that the home where the shooting took place is a rental property that at one point belonged to the late rapper Juice WRLD in some capacity.
That claim was not confirmed by law enforcement.
Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.
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