Two Shot Dead in Santa Fe Springs Lot

Santa Fe Springs - A man and a woman, each shot with a single bullet to the head, died in a Santa Fe Springs parking lot on Sunday, police said.

The shooting, at 11517 Los Nietos Road, occurred about 2 a.m., Whittier police Lt. Bill Webster said.

Officers were on a traffic stop when they heard gunshots, and a search of the area, filled primarily with low-rise industrial and office buildings, turned up two fatally wounded people in a nearby parking lot, Webster said.

The two victims had each been shot once in the head, according to a press release by the Whittier Police Department, and died at the scene. They appeared to be in their 30s, according to the release, but have not yet been identified, according to Whittier police spokesman Jason Zuhlke.

No motive for the shooting had been established.

Detectives, said to be "aggressively investigating" the case, asked anyone with information to call the Whittier Police Department at (562) 945- 8250.