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A 16-year-old boy and a man were shot dead at the pool of an apartment complex in Santa Clarita Saturday morning.
The pair were shot in the upper torso next to a swimming pool surrounded by a wrought-iron fence, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Paramedics pronounced them dead at the scene.
The shooting happened around 10:50 a.m. near the 23700 block of Silverado Street.
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A witness told deputies that a man ran from the scene and got into a white vehicle. Within minutes, deputies stopped a vehicle matching the description and took two men into custody.
Deputies believe one of the victims lived at the apartment complex and that the shooting is gang-related.
“We believe that the two victims were involved or associated with one of the two gangs. And we also believe that the suspect may have been a rival gang that was in this complex, looking for someone from that gang to shoot,” LASD Lt. Hugo Reynaga said.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the LASD Homicide Bureau at 320-890-5500.
