BREAKING NEWS: Hawaiian Gardens Casino Parking Lot Scene of Homicide Investigation on Sunday

Location of Homicide investigation in Hawaiian Gardens is located at Carson Street and Pioneer Boulevard.

Location of Homicide investigation in Hawaiian Gardens is at Carson Street and Pioneer Boulevard.

UPDATE 4:47 p.m.:

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has learned that the focus of the investigation by Homicide officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is centered around a parked red colored Toyota in the parking lot at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino.

Several news reporters have converged on the location throughout the day. More details to follow.

By Brian Hews

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives have converged on the parking lot of the Hawaiian Gardens Casino at the 11800 block of Carson Street to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a female Hispanic adult on Sunday morning.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity, race and age have not been made public.

A spokesman for the LA County Sheriff’s Department told Los Cerritos Community Newspaper that they responded to the Casino parking lot at around 9:20 a.m. on Sunday.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the websitehttp://lacrimestoppers.org.