[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap] homicide investigation is underway after two people were found shot to death Monday morning inside an illegally operated marijuana dispensary in Koreatown, authorities said.
Los Angeles police officers at 4:20 am responded to a call of a shooting at The Journey 447 pot shop at 447 South Western Avenue, where they found a “locked and secured marijuana dispensary,” according to a statement by the Los Angeles Police Department.
Officers were told by a female employee of the dispensary that she was inside the dispensary, along with several customers, when she heard shots fired in the waiting room. The employee said that she and the customers inside fled the location through the back door.
The police then got into the shop and located two shooting victims in the waiting room of the cannabis shop. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene. LAPD said it appears the shooting was the result of a robbery gone awry. The dispensary was operating without a license, the police said.
The victims' identities or sex were not released.