Two men are dead and two suspects are on the loose after gunfire erupted at a smoke shop in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles overnight.

Officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call in the 8600 block of South Figueroa Street shortly before 10 p.m.

Two victims, a 39-year-old man and a man in his 20s, were found inside the smoke shop with multiple gunshot wounds, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed.

Both victims, whose identities have not been released, were pronounced dead at the scene.

It was unclear if they were customers or employees of the store.

Investigators learned that two male suspects, believed to be in their 20s, walked into the Figueroa Mini-Market smoke shop and fired multiple rounds at the victims.

The gunmen fled in a vehicle and remained on the loose, police said.

No description of the suspects or their vehicle has been released.

A family is reeling after their beloved 19-year-old son died days after he was randomly attacked last month in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles.  

The July 18 incident occurred near 7^th  Street and Serrano Avenue.  

According to reporting from The Korea Daily, the victim, Joonhee Han, briefly made eye contact with his attacker as the man passed him on an electric scooter.  

Han, who was wearing headphones, never saw the suspect turn around, approach from behind and throw him to the ground where he reportedly hit his head and face, and then endured a beating by the man while he was on the ground.  

“I got jumped on the street. It did not hurt that much, it’s not that uncomfortable,” the 19-year-old told his father, Chris Han, who recalled the last conversation he had with his son. “I asked him, ‘Why not fight back?’ He said [it was] too dangerous, bigger than him.”  

Days later, on July 23 at around 2 a.m., The Korea Daily reports that Joonhe was with friends when he suddenly went pale, vomited, lost vision in one eye and collapsed as his breathing became irregular.  

“He was walking down the street, he got dizzy. His heart stopped,” his father explained to KTLA.  

Joonhee was in a coma for five days and, sadly, died before ever reporting the attack.  

“The coroner’s office, after conducting an autopsy following the organ donation surgery, determined that Han’s death was due to brain damage caused by a blood clot resulting from the assault, rather than a naturally occurring stroke,” The Korea Daily reported.  

Homicide detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department told KTLA that they are now searching for witnesses and possible security video of the unprovoked assault.  

A spokesperson for the L.A. County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to The Korea Daily that the autopsy performed on Joonhee was in concert with LAPD’s investigation, but did not disclose the 19-year-old’s exact cause of death.  

A GoFundMe has been organized for the family, who described Joonhee as “vibrant and kindhearted.”  

Police in Chino have arrested a man who they say shot his own brother multiple times after a verbal dispute turned violent.

Just before 1 a.m. Saturday, officers from the Chino Police Department responded to the 6600 block of Riverside Drive for a report of a shooting.

There they found a 34-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man was transported to a local hospital and is currently listed in stable condition, police said.

Detectives began investigating the shooting and determined that it took place inside the victim’s home and the alleged gunman was his own brother, 21-year-old Bernardo Cardenas of Chino.

Investigators believe the two men were involved in a verbal dispute that escalated into violence, with Cardenas pulling a gun and firing.

Cardenas was not at at the scene when officers responded but was located later that day in the town of Vista in San Diego County. He was arrested and returned to San Bernardino County and booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga where he’s being held without bail.

He was expected to appear in court Tuesday to face charges for attempted murder.

The shooting remains under investigation and anyone with information is urged to contact Chino PD detectives Reginald Barber at 909-334-3144, or Franklin Ike at 909-334-3035.