Police seek man in killings, including 2 relatives, in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gunman shot five people, killing three, in two attacks early Thursday in Los Angeles that police say took the lives of two of his family members and an acquaintance.

A manhunt was underway for Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, who may be driving a blue Jeep Liberty with paper license plates, police spokesman Officer Drake Madison said.

Police said Zaragoza killed the two members of his family and wounded a third person at an apartment complex in the Canoga Park area of the San Fernando Valley.

He then shot two people at a gas station in North Hollywood, killing a woman believed to be an acquaintance and critically wounding a man, Madison said.

It was not known how the woman may have known Zaragoza.

Police say a person matching Zaragoza's description tried to rob someone outside a bank in Canoga Park. Authorities said they have not confirmed if Zaragoza was involved.

No injuries or stolen property were reported in that incident.