2 dead in shooting at Mount Washington overlook – NBC Los Angeles

Two teenagers were shot and killed at a cliffside overlook in the Mount Washington community of Los Angeles on Thursday.

Police responded to the overlook in the 1400 block of Cliff Drive shortly after midnight after reports of a shooting. They found the victims with multiple gunshot wounds.

Witnesses told officers that a group approached the victims, opened fire and drove away. Details about a motive were initially not known.

The young people died at the scene of the accident.

Friends of the victims told NBCLA they were teenage students at a high school in the area north of downtown Los Angeles.

Descriptions of the attackers were not immediately available.