One killed, others wounded in shooting at L.A's Mulholland Drive mansion party

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A 35-year-old mother of three died and three others were wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting early Tuesday during a large party at a mansion on Mulholland Drive in Beverly Crest.

The shooting was reported at about 1 a.m. Tuesday in the 13200 block of Mulholland Drive, hours after police responded to a report of a large gathering at the mansion in the hills above LA's Westside.

No arrests were reported.

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Details about what led to the shooting were not immediately available. Lt. Chris Ramirez said the gunfire appeared to be gang-related.

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Neighbors had called police complaining about the noise and traffic from all the parked cars. Estimates of 200 people at the party.

But police said once they arrived, the party moved inside and they were compliant with the noise ordinance. But after midnight everything changed, as one neighbor says she heard the commotion from across the canyon.

"All of a sudden I start hearing 'pow! pow! pow! pow! pow!,' what sounded like gunshots, maybe 20 of them and I started running around the house screaming," said Ashlee Powers.

Police initially received a call about the large party in the 13200 block of Mulholland Drive, near Franklin Canyon Park, at about 6:30 p.m., according to Officer Mike Lopez.

NewsChopper4 flew over the home and observed people enjoying the festivities and a long line of cars going up the home's driveway, along with a party bus dropping off about a dozen more people to add to the gathering.

Police received at least five calls from residents who reported instances of disturbing the peace in the neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers enforced traffic and parking violations, but did not enforce the county's health order banning large gatherings, the department said.

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