May 22, 2008 12:46 pm US/Pacific
Man Arrested In NoHo Double Murder
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
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Police sent to the scene found Artak Karamyan, 28, wounded. A short time later, police found Paylak Harutyunyan, 29, wounded near Vanowen Street and Coldwater Canyon Boulevard. Both men died.
AP
A man was in custody on Thursday for allegedly killing two other men in North Hollywood, police said.
Avetis Vartanyan, 24, was booked on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police were looking for other suspects in connection with the case.
The violence began around 7 p.m. Tuesday at Oxnard Street and Whitsett Avenue in the parking lot of a shopping plaza, LAPD Officer Karen Smith said.
Police sent to the scene found Artak Karamyan, 28, wounded. A short time later, police found Paylak Harutyunyan, 29, wounded near Vanowen Street and Coldwater Canyon Boulevard. Both men died.
Vartanyan was detained -- with the help of a police dog -- a short time after the shooting while trying to leave the area, police said. Vartanyan was placed under arrest Wednesday and was being held without bail, according to the sheriff's department Web site.
Police recovered a pistol that they suspect Vartanyan had hidden in the yard of a home, along with a second handgun found in an abandoned vehicle at the crime scene, authorities said.
Detectives believe the shootings were the result of a dispute among a group of men.
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