Early morning shooting leaves one dead, one wounded in LA area

© Provided by 2UrbanGirls.com VAN NUYS, Calif. – A gunman shot a 50-year-old man to death and wounded a 44-year-old man when the elder male answered a knock at the back door of a home in Van Nuys Saturday morning, authorities said. Paramedics rushed the 44-year-old man to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, according to [...]

VAN NUYS, Calif. – A gunman shot a 50-year-old man to death and wounded a 44-year-old man when the elder male answered a knock at the back door of a home in Van Nuys Saturday morning, authorities said.

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Paramedics rushed the 44-year-old man to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, according to Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division.

Officers responded at 2 a.m. to the 15100 block of Gilmore Street, west of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, on reports of a shooting in the back of the home. Witnesses told officers a man knocked on the door and when the 50-year- old responded, the suspect shot both victims and ran away, according to an LAPD spokeswoman.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were called and pronounced the 50-year-old victim dead at the scene.

Police had no suspect description.

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