Two men shot to death outside Baldwin Hills apartment building
Two men were killed late Sunday outside an apartment building in Baldwin Hills in what appeared to be a gang shooting, police said.
The shooting was reported at 11:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Stevely Avenue, said Officer Jane Kim, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
The men were visiting a friend when they were shot by gunmen armed with a high-powered rifle, Sgt. Carlton Brown told KTLA-TV.
The men were pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
The shooting, Kim said, appears to be gang-related.
In the past year, six homicides have occurred in the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw area, according to The Times Homicide Report.
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