A shootout between a gunman and police left two people dead, including the gunman, in North Hollywood Monday morning.
At 4:50 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 12000 block of Victory Boulevard.
When officers arrived in the area of Victory Boulevard and Bellingham Avenue, they encountered a man with a firearm, the police department in X said. The man pointed his gun at the officers and when the officers exited their vehicles, they exchanged gunfire with the man.
It is unclear what sparked the shooting or who fired first.
The gunman fled the area and ran north on Bellingham Avenue toward a parking lot behind a gym; officers established a perimeter around the area.
The man exited the west side of the parking lot onto St. Claire Avenue, south of Hamlin Street, where a second shooting occurred between officers and the man.
It is unclear who shot first.
He then ran back into the structure and exited through the north side, where officers and the man exchanged gunfire for a third time.
Officials said the man was struck by gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene.
A passerby in the parking lot was found in his car dead from a gunshot wound, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
It is unclear whether the bystander was injured in the exchange of gunfire.
The identities of the gunman and the victim in the parking lot have not been released.
