2 Killed in Gas Station Shooting : Violence: One victim was a man offering to pump gas and wash windows for change. Police say attack was gang-related.

A man hustling change and a suspected gang member stopping for gas were killed and three others were wounded when gunmen opened fire at a gas station five miles south of downtown, police said Monday.

Raymond Gary Phillips, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot in the head shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. Henry Clarence Broomfield, 21, died a short time later at a hospital.

Phillips and two companions, who also were shot but are expected to recover, were offering to wipe windows and pump gas for spare change at the Mobil gas station at Gage and Grand avenues when the incident occurred, Los Angeles Police Detective J.D. Furr said.

“They just hang out, assisting customers and looking for tips,” Furr said.

Broomfield, 21, and Donta Bavis, 20, both of Los Angeles, stopped their car at the gas station, which is adjacent to the Harbor Freeway, at about 10 p.m., Furr said.

“They are affiliated with one of the local gangs,” Furr said.

Police said the incident involved an unknown number of gunmen. About a minute after the pair stopped, at least one gunman opened fire on the group with an assault-type weapon, shooting 25 to 30 rounds and fleeing, said Furr, who called the attack gang-related. Police could offer no motive.

Despite having been hit, Broomfield and Bavis managed to drive about two miles northeast of the station, where they were found by paramedics, police said.

Bavis was transported to County-USC Medical Center, where he is listed in stable condition with a shoulder injury. The two men with Phillips were not identified by police, but are said to be in critical condition with gunshot wounds at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center.

A woman who lives next door to the gas station said the gunfire woke her, with one bullet striking a block wall three feet from her bedroom window.

“I jumped out of my bed and onto the floor,” said the woman. “I’m used to hearing shots but not that many and not that close to my bedroom.”

Gas station owner Sae Bunn Choi said his night employee heard the shots and hid on the floor of the enclosed cashier’s office.

He said he has trouble keeping loiterers away at night. During the day, the presence of employees at the station’s repair garage keeps panhandlers away, Choi said.