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Teen Girl, Stepfather Shot, Killed In Compton; Mother Wounded

COMPTON (CBSLA) — A teen girl and her stepfather were killed, and the girl's mother was wounded, in a shooting at a Compton home Friday night.

A person of interest was detained at the scene.

Teen Girl, Stepfather Shot, Killed In Compton; Mother Wounded
At a Compton home where a teen girl and her stepfather were shot and killed and the girl's mother was wounded on Sept. 28, 2018. (CBS2)

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the shooting occurred at 5:54 p.m. at a home in the 600 block of West Palmer Street.

As deputies were initially responding to a rescue call, they learned that shots had been fired. They arrived to find a man, woman and a girl with gunshot wounds. The man and the girl died at the scene.

The girl's mother, who had been shot in the upper torso, was rushed to a hospital with undisclosed injuries.

Neighbors who spoke to CBS2 identified the shooting victims as a 13-year-old girl, her stepfather and her mother.

A man, who witnesses said ran out of the house naked following the shooting, was detained, the sheriff's department said. Neighbors told CBS2 he is the son, from a previous relationship, of the man who was killed.

Deputies identified Jamie Williams, 43, as a suspect in the shootings. He was arrested for the murder of his father and his stepsister.

The names of the victims have not been released.

The circumstances and a possible motive for the killings were not immediately confirmed.

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