3 killed and several wounded in separate shootings early New Year’s Day in Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting at a party early on New Year’s Day in a commercial neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. Police say officers responding to reports of a shooting around 1 a.m. Monday heard gunfire and found a crowd fleeing the area and several wounded people lying on the street and sidewalk.  No information on any suspects was immediately available. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a separate shooting that killed a woman and wounded four people early Monday in the city of Hawthorne.