Two people were killed and six others wounded in a Los Angeles festival shooting early Monday morning at an after-party following the Hard Summer Music Festival, the authorities said.
The shooting did not appear to have been at one of the four official after-parties that the festival had sponsored.
The unsanctioned party was promoted on social media as a celebration after the festival, which featured electronic dance music but also included many crossover acts.
The two-day festival was held over the weekend at Hollywood Park, next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, just southwest of downtown. Representatives for the festival could not immediately be reached.
Police officers observed a “big party” at 1116 14th Place at about 11 p.m. on Sunday, officials said, and noticed a person, who was possibly armed with a gun, enter the building. Officers shut down the party and arrested that person on a firearm possession charge, said Officer Norma Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
At about 1 a.m. Monday, officers returned to the same location after reports of gunfire. They found eight people shot.
One man was declared dead at the scene. Seven other people were taken to a hospital, one of whom, a woman, later died, Officer Eisenman said.
The conditions of the others who were wounded were not immediately available.
It was not immediately known what led to the Los Angeles festival shooting. It was also unclear what, if any, connection the person charged with firearms possession might have had to the shooting. No arrests have been made, and there was no description of the shooter.
The festival itself faced a 10 p.m. curfew in Inglewood, after the city received hundreds of noise complaints last year.
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