Two women and two men killed - and one man wounded - in possible gang-related 'ambush style' shooting at house party near LA

Four people were killed and one was wounded when multiple shooters opened fire at a house party near Los Angeles early Sunday, authorities said.

Police responded around 1.30am to reports of shots fired at a rental home on the 1300 block of Park Avenue in the city of Inglewood, Mayor James Butts told reporters.

Two women and two men were shot and killed and another man was hospitalized in critical condition and expected to survive, CBS2 reported.

The victims were young adults, according to the outlet. The man who survived admitted being a member of a street gang in another city and investigators are trying to determine if the shooting was gang related. 

Two women and two men were shot and killed and another man was hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting in Inglewood 

Police responded around 1.30am to reports of shots fired at a rental home on the 1300 block of Park Avenue

At the scene, distraught attendees of the party could be seen crying and comforting each other

Authorities believe more than one shooter was involved. Multiple guns were found in the house and at least one of them was an assault rifle.

Evidence suggests one or more handguns were also used in the shooting, the mayor said. 

Butts called the shooting an ‘ambush’ involving multiple weapons including a rifle and a handgun. 

The mayor described the incident as the worst single shooting crime in Inglewood since the 1990s.

Mayor James Butts (pictured) told reporters that it is the deadliest shooting in Inglewood since the 1990s 

First responders assist a victim after a fire in Inglewood 

The victims were young adults, according to the outlet. The man who survived admitted being a member of a street gang in another city

‘These are sociopathic killers that have to be sequestered from society,’ Butts said of the shooters.

At the scene, distraught attendees of the party could be seen crying and comforting each other, while first responders assisted a victim. 

Authorities are searching for multiple suspects, he said. Officers interviewed witnesses and canvassed the neighborhood looking for possible security camera footage. 

Neighbors and relatives of the victims gather outside the scene of the crime on January 23. It is unclear if any arrests have been made 

Inglewood police at the scene of the worst mass shooting in the city since the 1990s

It is unclear if any arrests have been as of yet.  

Police haven’t released a potential motive or said if any of the victims were targeted.  

More than 10 people were killed in Inglewood in 2021, according to a report

The new year has started with a spike in violence in the city of about 100,000 people, ten miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, with six homicides already reported in January.