1 Killed, 4 Wounded in Shooting Incidents

PANORAMA CITY — One person was killed and at least four others were wounded in two shootings that erupted less than 10 minutes apart Friday night in a gang-ridden section of the northeast San Fernando Valley, police said.

The first attack injured an apartment manager in the 9000 block of Columbus Avenue in North Hills, said Officer Don Cox of the Los Angeles Police Department. The manager was attacked by two men when he asked them to leave his building.

Then, at 9:27 p.m., paramedics were called to the scene of another shooting at the Sepulveda Recreation Center, six blocks away from the first incident. One person died and three others were wounded at the Panorama City center, in the 8800 block of Kester Avenue.

Police were still investigating the shootings Friday night and said they did not appear to be related.

The violence occurred in a neighborhood that has witnessed several gang-related killings since June. Last month, two men were shot to death a few blocks away at a Cedros Avenue apartment building, and another man was gunned down at a nearby bar on Roscoe Boulevard.

Police said that those killings appeared to be linked to a feud between the Bloods and the Crips, two gangs that had, until recently, kept a low profile in the Valley.