Local News in Brief : 15-Year-Old, Man, 27, Die in Shootings at Hansen Dam Park
Two people were fatally injured Thursday in apparently unrelated shootings at Hansen Dam Park, Los Angeles police said.
A 15-year-old youth died as friends drove him to Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills. The second victim, Rudolph Burk, 27, was admitted to Holy Cross with gunshot wounds in the back and died Thursday evening, hospital spokeswoman Betty Tanner said.
Both shootings occurred between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the park in Lake View Terrace, police said.
Two suspects are being held in connection with the youth’s death, and police Lt. Dennis Dunn said it is probable that the shooting was gang-related.
Dunn said police have no suspects in Burk’s shooting.
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