The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday near a strip mall on Crenshaw Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue, according to the Hawthorne Police Department. Officers responded after receiving a "shots fired call for service."
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Upon arriving, they found man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The additional victims arrived at surrounding hospitals "by other means," according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was investigating the shooting.
One of the victims, only identified as an adult woman, was later pronounced dead. The rest of the victims were last reported in stable condition, except for one in critical condition.
Detectives were still investigating at the scene hours later, but additional details about what led up to the shooting were not available.
Nobody has been taken into custody. A description of a suspect was not available.
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