Double shooting in Hermosa Beach investigated as murder-suicide, authorities say - Los Angeles Times
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Double shooting in Hermosa Beach investigated as murder-suicide, authorities say

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A shooting that left two people dead in Hermosa Beach on Thursday morning appears to be a murder-suicide, authorities said.

Hermosa Beach police officers responding to a report of gunshots in the 100 block of Herondo Street about 6:30 a.m. found a man and woman in their 20s dead, police said.

The 25-year-old man shot himself after shooting the woman, who was in her 20s, county coroner spokesman Ed Winter said.

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The couple were in a relationship that had ended recently, the Daily Breeze reported. The woman was renting a room in a duplex, and neighbors reported the shooting, the paper reported.

The identities of the pair have not been released. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.

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