Pop Smoke Killed: NYPD holds briefing

Alright, good morning, I'll give you my name in Captain Steve Laurie ste ve Lu RIE, the commanding officer of the LAPD Hollywood area. I apologize, this information is very preliminary at this time as we are just beginning this investigation. that at 4:55 this morning several LAPD Hollywood units responded to a call at 2:03 on Hercules Drive in the Hollywood Hills, the radio call was called by someone from the east and said that several friends were breaking into the house of a friend. suspects and that one of them was armed with a gun when officers arrived, approximately six minutes later they discovered that a victim inside the house had been shot, they called the fire department, who arrived and transported the victim to Cedars-Hospital.

Sinai where it was. declared dead a few hours later I'm not sure what time he was pronounced dead officers detained him several people were inside the house however all of those people were released it was widely reported that someone at the scene was arrested that is not true no one was arrested At the scene it has also been widely reported that the victim is a music star of some importance. We have not yet confirmed the identity of the victim, so we are not stating that Western Bureau Homicide Operations is investigating this there at the scene now and they will.

I have more details as the day goes on and again I apologize but that's all we have and I welcome questions if you have them. Yes sir. The 911 9-1-1 call came from the east. Apparently he was a friend of someone inside. the residence that had been contacted from inside the residence and had in turn called 9-1-1. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know what house is used there, baby, no, it was reported out there. but we have not confirmed the identity of the victim. He looked to be between 20 and 30 years old.

Not only one person was shot. Yes, there were several witnesses and they are being questioned by homicide detectives. I know it's early in the investigation, but. Obviously, the neighbors are worried. Is there any indication that this could have been a targeted shooting attack or was it a random home invasion? It's a very good question that we just don't know again. We are just starting the interview. Very preliminary, yes, at least one of the suspects was wearing a black mask from the other house. How many suspects do you think there were? There are different reports between 2:00 and 6:00, so depending on the correct version, it is between 2 and 6.

I don't know, I think someone just adds that yes, yes, yes, I still don't know We know, in a few hours, when Homicide has conducted some witness interviews. I'm sure I can give you more information. I have a vacation, this is really the basics as we get started, okay, thank you. You have some punishing putting.