The fatal shooting was reported around 12:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at the Lancaster Inn on the 43500 block of 17th Street West, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
“Lancaster Sheriff’s Station deputies responded… regarding a gunshot victim call. Upon arriving, they discovered the victim in a motel room, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Los Angeles County Fire Department Paramedics responded and transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased,” the sheriff’s news release states.
His identity has not yet been released pending next of kin notification, but he was in his 20s, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
A source at the scene said he heard two men involved in a dispute followed by gunshots in a room at the Lancaster Inn, but this information was not confirmed by the sheriff’s department.
Sheriff’s officials said there was no suspect or vehicle information, and a weapon was not recovered. No further information was released.
Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call LASDÂ homicide detectives at 323- 890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
All nighters says
Ya’ll are full of [removed]. I used to live out there, a lot of those homes are historical. I am looked down a lot in normal neighborhoods because of the way i am. I dont know what made me read this tonight, but i am a female, and one who was a prostitute, but out of all the places i lived , i never once felt judged. We live and do what is available at that time. And i have been in some nice [removed] houses that were filthier than what ya’ll are trying to say. I remember hearing about it a while back but i had already moved from there, and i really dont want to know. I really dont want to know if it was someone i knew. But i will tell you to stop talking down on anyone out there because i was never mistreated or tooken advantage of. Everybody act like they are too good or afraid to talk about who they really are these days. I do my thing like others but , am a good person, and i dont ever get too involved in anyones business espe ially if im not even there. Reading those comments got to me, cause even while keeping warm in the tent or behind the tree, it was a good part of my past. People are fake theze days. But anyway , sorry and i do respect everyone but i do not like the internet or when things are blown up to be a big deal and for the wrong [removed] reasons other than to talk down. Anyway, god bless everyone if you believe in him and if not find something to believe in other than what people think. Everyone is wrong bout how we present our towns , thats it. I really do hope it has gotten better out there, but i didnt ever see a problem with behavior issues and i even was hired at one point to rebuild those houses when i was there. Everyone please mind there business and i wont overstep my boundaries, cause being good is a choice. I choose to be good, not because ive changed.
Hopey says
Y’all are judgemental ass hell y’all going to judge everyone else for the actions of one idiot.
Siri Ous says
Judgmental? Maybe so. And…….? What of it?
This isn’t one isolated incident. That place is a cesspool of crime!
It belongs on Sierra Highway, not next to a neighborhood of working people and families.
Me says
RIP your life was important and I know you were doing what you could to change it around. I’m so sorry this happened to you. My thoughts and prayers to your family. May justice be served in whoever did this. The disregard of human life is just disgusting
Pointing towards the Exit says
That HoTell is a huge blight on this community! It seems like there’s some janky, ratchet crap going on all the time there. Honestly, it should be condemned and razed. The city should pursue legal action for it being such a persistent nuisance.
Siri Ous says
I heard the owners of this place were getting money from the county to house deadbeats and drug addicts there. Awesome!
Bet the owners in nearby neighborhoods love the hit their property values are taking.
It’s funny how you never hear about any hotels in Santa Clarita being used to house derelicts and dysfunctional people, but they definitely being them here to the AV.
Tim Scott says
In Santa Clarita the dysfunctional people are in the houses. That place attracts a lot of the very worst of humanity.
I eat your anger says
Then all those people go where? Your house?
Eating anger is gross says
Nah yours foo
Frank Rizzo says
They can get jobs and get off drugs, why do we give these people money and housing? They need to go earn it or die off, simple.
Siri Ous says
What sort of argument is that?
They should be housed in a neighborhood or facility that is more appropriate. Plain and simple!
A hotel along a freeway next to a residential area is not a place to house derelicts.
Quite frankly, I’m shocked that the city of Lancaster is allowing this. There are almost daily multiple calls to the sheriffs department from this place. It’s a complete nuisance and is costing the taxpayers of Lancaster a lot of money while diminishing their property values.
Hotel California says
Agreed.