Violent weekend in South L.A. leaves two dead, another injured

Three people were shot, two of them fatally, during three incidents in the same part of South Los Angeles over the weekend, authorities said Sunday.

A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said the shootings were under investigation, but couldn’t say whether the incidents, which took place within a mile of each other in the Green Meadows area, were related. Neither the city police department nor the county medical examiner’s office would identify the victims.

On Friday, officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to the 700 block of East 108th Street, where a teenage girl was shot, according to LAPD Officer Tony Im.

Emergency dispatch recordings say the girl — who was listed by police as approximately 13 years old — was shot in the head while inside her home.

Police dispatchers directing officers to the incident said at least six shots were reported, and there were “males and females yelling,” according to Broadcastify.com. Additional police were summoned to help deal with a large group gathered on the street outside the house.

The girl was hospitalized in critical condition and died Sunday, Im said. He said no one had been arrested, and it was not known if the shooting was gang-related.

On Saturday afternoon, a woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 10200 block of South San Pedro Street, Im said. The woman, described as approximately 31 years old, was pronounced dead at the hospital, Im said.

A small sidewalk vigil including candles was set up Sunday evening near the scene. A small group of people gathered at a nearby corner store.

On Sunday morning, another person was shot, this time in the area of 103rd Street and Avalon Boulevard, according to police.

During that incident, which was reported around 4:15 a.m., two men in a blue truck pulled up alongside a third person while he was sitting in his vehicle and opened fire, authorities said.

The third shooting victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition, said LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman.