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Two brothers shot, one fatally, at Lancaster home

by The AV Times Staff • December 21, 2020

LANCASTER – Two brothers were wounded, one fatally, during a shooting that involved at least two gunmen at a home in Lancaster early Sunday morning, authorities said.

The shooting was reported at 2:29 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, and occurred in the 400 block of West Avenue J-12, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Information Bureau.

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Deputies responding to the location regarding an assault and gunshot victim call found two men suffering from gunshot wounds at the residence.

The first victim, a 26-year-old man, had been shot in the upper body and was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name has not yet been released. He was shot by a man in his 20s just outside the residence, officials said.

The second victim, a 22-year-old man, was located inside the residence and suffered a non-life-threatening injury. He was believed to have been shot by another suspect who was also a man in his 20s.

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The victims were brothers and both suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction, authorities said. A motive for the shootings were not immediately known.

Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are encouraging anyone with information regarding the shootings to call them at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800- 222-8477.

UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Ismael Zabala.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Lancaster

17 comments for "Two brothers shot, one fatally, at Lancaster home"

  1. Charles says

    December 22, 2020 at 11:48 am

    Shame on you, AV Times! Completely failed to report on a big part of the story, probably bc it doesn’t fit your narrative. THIS WAS A KNOWN SUPERSPREADER EVENT! It was a large party! Who was in attendance? Yup, doesn’t fit your narrative.

  2. FataLancaster says

    December 21, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    Another COVID-19 death…

  3. Jayden says

    December 21, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    My mom told me it’s the different Mexican drug cartels that are going at each other. They hire local gangsters to take out dealers who work for rival cartels. At the moment the Zeta cartel are attacking the Sinaloa cartel to control territory.

    • Lol says

      December 22, 2020 at 1:35 am

      Lol no my boyfriends family lives there where it happened it was a party and some fight broke out outside

    • User Palmdale says

      December 22, 2020 at 6:19 am

      Well tell ur mom she’s completely wrong it was my friend at a party the guy that shot him is an pathetic idiot who can’t fight so had to whip out a [removed] gun to kill him.

    • jstlkngout says

      December 26, 2020 at 10:58 am

      sometimes not saying something is better ten saying something. words care long ripples and talking about something you know nothing about is not always the smartest of options.

  4. F.B.I. says

    December 21, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    It’s time people in the Antelope Valley wake up and face reality. The Mexican cartels are causing a major crime spree in Palmdale and Lancaster with their drug trafficking operations. Their organized crime operations and cartel competition are creating a bloody battleground in the Antelope Valley.

  5. J Jay says

    December 21, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    Every time a post like this pops up, you got all these people who got an extra chromosome in the comments talking nonsense

  6. Jinx says

    December 21, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    Y’all are so dam annoying under every post like this

  7. bottom and company says

    December 21, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    What do we give up this time liberals? Pots and pans? Ice cream bars? After shave lotion? Because if we all fork over enough personal property to the pigs [and keep on forking] the proud “people of color” will finally be safe.

    • Tired of the Whining says

      December 22, 2020 at 12:09 pm

      Proud ‘people of color’?? Do you think it’s only the ‘people of color’ getting wiped out and being victims of crime? Wake up and smell the coffee or whatever you are ingesting. It isn’t even the , what do you call them? White Privileged? It is every color or creed or non colored or non American and American. Why is it you think you are the only one being abused?

  8. Surprised says

    December 21, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    This is really surprising. Lancaster is one of the safest cities in California.

    • Jill says

      December 21, 2020 at 10:29 pm

      No Palmdale is, the report says Lancaster is the worst city. Palmdale isn’t better, but that’s what the report says. I lived in east Lancaster n west Palmdale, let me tell you you can tell the difference. P

      • Crime statistics says

        December 22, 2020 at 7:31 am

        If you pull crime statistics, Palmdale is less than half as dangerous as Lancaster on a per-capita basis

    • beachcomber says

      December 22, 2020 at 8:28 am

      Of course it is if you live in Laguna Beach.

    • East Lancaster says

      December 22, 2020 at 11:01 am

      Lancaster is one of the safest cities in California when you don’t count the majority of cities that are safer. Including Palmdale. East Lancaster is Sirenville and the BLVD is no place to be at night. But, hey, we have the Eye in the Sky. Sleep easy.

  9. OKFine says

    December 21, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    Darn Scandinavians at it again.

    Cowboy and Indians getting out of hand in the neighborhood, or was it Crips and Bloods?

    Where’s Mayor TRex when you need him to referee the game?

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