A quiet stretch of desert road in Lancaster became the scene of a triple homicide Sunday afternoon, when deputies discovered three people fatally shot near 215th Street East and East Palmdale Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The gunfire was reported around 4:48 p.m., sheriff’s officials said.

When deputies from the Lancaster and Palmdale stations arrived, they found a woman in her 40s suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. Deputies attempted to render aid, but Los Angeles County fire personnel pronounced her dead at the scene.

Not far away, investigators said deputies located an SUV pulling a trailer. Inside were two men who had also been shot. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities have not released the victims’ names, and no s

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