Police investigate possible connection to fatal shootings in Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown

Police are investigating whether two fatal shootings in the Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown neighborhoods of Los Angeles on Tuesday were committed by the same person, authorities said.

The first shooting happened in the 900 block of S. Victoria Avenue in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood around 4:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Los Angeles Fire Department officials said a 911 caller said someone had been shot and called for help.

When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot multiple times, Officer David Cuellar said.

The assailant, described as a man in his 50s, pulled out a handgun and shot the victim before driving off, police said.

Shortly before 10:30 p.m., a second shooting was reported in the 800 block of South Berendo Street in Koreatown.

Police arrived at the scene and found a woman who had been shot, Cuellar said.

News station KTLA reports that the victim was found in a car.

Homicide investigators said the two shootings may be related, but the matter remains under investigation.

A short time after the shooting, a person came to the police station on 77th Street and said they had information about one of the victims before police began investigating, police said. That person was detained and interviewed by homicide investigators, but no arrests were made.