Police: Three men killed in shooting at homeless camp near Los Angeles over the weekend

DOWNEY, Calif. — Three men were killed in a weekend shooting near a homeless encampment in Southern California, authorities said.

Officers responded to reports of gunshots in a dry riverbed near Interstate 105 in Downey shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday, police said in a statement.

They found three men with gunshot wounds. All three men died at the scene, the statement said.

The trigger for the shooting is still unclear, but police said it was “apparently an isolated incident.”

The incident was investigated. ABC 7 reported that the shooting occurred near a homeless encampment in the city of about 14,000 residents, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.