INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Four people were killed and one was injured when multiple gunmen opened fire at a birthday party at a home near Los Angeles early Sunday, authorities said.
Two women and two men were shot and killed and another man was hospitalized in critical condition and was expected to survive.
Police responded around 1:30 a.m. to reports of shots fired at a home in the city of Inglewood, Mayor James Butts told reporters.
Butts called the shooting an “ambush” that involved multiple weapons, including a rifle and handgun. The mayor described the incident as the worst shooting in Inglewood since the 1990s.
The victims appear to have been targets of an attack. Their identities and ages have not been released so far.
Authorities are looking for several suspects. “We will find them and process them,” the mayor said.
The man who survived admitted to being a member of a street gang in another city and investigators are trying to determine if the shooting was gang-related, CBS2 said.
Officers interviewed witnesses and scoured the neighborhood for possible security camera footage.
Inglewood is a city of regarding 100,000 people located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It is home to SoFi Stadium, where the Super Bowl will be played next month.