2 shot, 1 killed in South LA, suspect on the run

2 shot, 1 killed in South LA

Two men were shot in South Los Angeles. One of them was killed. Police are still looking for the shooter, who was last seen running down E. 97th Street.

LOS ANGELES - One man was killed after two people were shot in South Los Angeles Saturday evening and police are searching for the shooter.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers were called out to reports of a shooting near the intersection of McKinley Avenue and E. 97th Street, in the Green Meadows neighborhood on South LA.

When officers got there, they found two shooting victims. One, a man in his 20s, had been shot in the leg. Another, a man in his 30s, had been shot in the chest. That second man was killed.

Police did not provide a detailed description of the shooter, just that he was last seen running west on 97th Street. Police did not recover a weapon.

Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call the LAPD.