Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators are attempting to find out if there’s a connection between two deadly shootings that occurred about the identical time Saturday night time on adjoining blocks in Carson.
The Sheriff’s Division issued a press release early Sunday that murder detectives responded to 2 separate areas shortly earlier than midnight Saturday. A person was discovered fatally shot at every location within the east and west 100 blocks of 234th Avenue.
Preliminary experiences mentioned it was unknown if the homicides have been associated.
In an replace posted Sunday, the Sheriff’s Division mentioned deputies initially discovered one sufferer on the street, then positioned a second sufferer in a automobile. Fireplace division responders pronounced each males lifeless.
The Sheriff’s Division launched no data on identities of the victims or suspects.
However KTLA5 reported that members of the family who gathered on the scenes recognized the boys as Richard Mata, 45, and Vaa Fatu, 18.
Mata’s sister informed KTLA that he was a Carson native and father of three who had just lately moved again from Arizona.
Fatu’s father informed the station that he was a superb and loving little one who was on dialysis and just lately obtained a brand new kidney.
