2 MEN FOUND DEAD IN HOME SHOOTING: POLICE SEARCHING FOR KILLER.

Byline: Rick Coca

Staff Writer

GRANADA HILLS -- Two men were found shot to death inside a home Thursday, and police were searching for the killer, authorities said.

A woman who lives at the house in the 17000 block of San Jose Street with her boyfriend and another woman discovered the two men dead about 2 p.m., said LAPD Detective Humberto Fajardo.

The victims, both Latinos who appeared to be in their mid-20s, were found inside the home near the entrance, lying on the floor, Fajardo said. There was no sign of forced entry.

The woman did not identify either of the dead men, so police could not confirm if either was her boyfriend. The men's names were not released, and nobody has been arrested.

Before the current occupants moved in about nine months ago, police raided the house and discovered that the last tenant was using it to grow marijuana, next-door neighbor Jerry Williams said.

Soon after, the home's owner fixed up the property and assured Williams that the next tenants would be an improvement because he found them through his church.

Up until Thursday's killings, Williams has had no complaints.

"They've been model neighbors," he said.

Although police said one man and two women lived at the home, Williams said it appeared to him that two younger men, two young women and an older man lived there.

In March, shortly after they moved in, the two young men helped Williams trim some trees that were hanging over from his yard into theirs, Williams said.

The young men would offer a respectful wave when they saw their neighbors but wouldn't converse much beyond that, neighbors said.

"They stuck to themselves," neighbor Justin Jameson said. "They weren't the outgoing neighborly type."

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