Man, boy found dead at Montebello apartment complex after alleged hatchet attack

Police are investigating a violent incident in Montebello that left a man and boy dead and a woman and girl seriously wounded at an apartment complex early Thursday.

Police responded to a residence on Lohart Avenue around 2:30 a.m. and found the body of a man at the back of the apartment complex, according to a Montebello Police Department post. Officers also found the body of a boy inside an apartment.

A woman and a girl were also found in the same unit with severe head injuries and were hospitalized, police said. Their conditions weren’t immediately available.

There are no suspects and there isn’t any danger to the community, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

A neighbor who woke up to the lights and sounds of police looked out of her window and saw the man’s body lying next to a hatchet on the ground, KABC reported. The boy’s body was found inside a unit inside the complex, according to KTLA.

A neighbor told KTLA that his 20-year-old daughter called the police around 2:30 a.m. after hearing yelling and something metallic hit the ground outside their building.