LOS ANGELES, CA – One man was shot and killed and two other men were stabbed and remain in critical condition after the three victims arrived at a hospital in Baldwin Hills on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers were called to the 3700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at about 4:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, for one man with a gunshot wound and two other men with multiple stab wounds, the LAPD said.
All three men were taken to a trauma center. The man with the gunshot wound was pronounced dead there, and the two stabbing victims were listed in critical condition.
Police had not released any suspect information as of Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Officers called to hospital in Baldwin Hills
The LAPD said officers responded to a hospital in the 3700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles. The call to police reported one man with a gunshot wound and two men with multiple stab wounds.
The location is the Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Medical Offices, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Marlton Avenue, according to initial reports.
Police said the three victims were taken from the hospital to a trauma center. The department said no other details were released Monday.
Fire crews respond around 4:50 p.m.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said its crews responded around 4:50 p.m. Monday to the 3700 block of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for a report of a stabbing. LAFD spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz said three men were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Lantz gave no specific injury details. The fire department’s description of three men in critical condition was given before police said one of them had been pronounced dead.
The early dispatch described a possible stabbing and shooting with at least two people injured, according to initial reports. The LAPD gave about 4:15 p.m. as the time of its call, and the LAFD gave around 4:50 p.m. for its response.
Shooting victim pronounced dead at trauma center
According to the LAPD, the man who had been shot was pronounced dead at the trauma center after he was taken there from the hospital. Police described the victim as a man but did not release his age.
The identities of the three men had not been released as of Tuesday morning.
Two stabbing victims remain critical
The two men with multiple stab wounds remain in critical condition, according to police. The LAPD said the two injured men are not cooperating with the investigation.
Police did not say what injuries the men suffered beyond multiple stab wounds, and the department did not say where on their bodies they were wounded.
Link between the victims not immediately known
Police said it was not immediately known whether all three victims were connected to the same incident. The LAPD had not announced a motive.
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Anyone with information asked to contact police
Anyone with information about the shooting or the stabbings is asked to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.
Investigation remains active
The LAPD’s investigation remains active, and the department has not announced an arrest in connection with the shooting or the stabbings.
For now, police have confirmed one man dead, two men in critical condition and no named suspect.
