LASD investigating double homicide in Bellflower

Police Thursday were investigating a double homicide in Bellflower.

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lakewood Station were called to an area located near the intersection of Artesia Boulevard and Ardmore Avenue following a shots fired call just before 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Arriving deputies discovered two Black men, both in their 40s, in a driveway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to their upper torso, sheriff’s officials said.

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They were pronounced dead by authorities at the scene and their names have not been released.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online.

City News Service contributed to this report. 

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