LASD searching for shooter who killed woman in Athens area

ATHENS, Calif. - Sheriff's homicide detectives continued their search on Sunday for the person who gunned down a woman and wounded a man in the Athens area of unincorporated Los Angeles County.  

The shootings were reported at 3:25 p.m. Saturday in the 11800 block of Berendo Avenue, according to Deputy Trina Schrader.  

The fatal victim, a woman in her 20s, was taken to a hospital by friends and pronounced dead, Schrader said.

Her name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.  

Responding deputies found a man in his 50s who suffered a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital and was last listed in stable condition, Schrader said. 

 A motive for the shootings is unknown at this point.

No further information was available.   

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call homicide detectives at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

City News Service contributed to this report

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