The 54-year-old woman was found dead at the scene. Authorities are looking into the motive for this fatal shooting.

A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was found shot to death in an Encino neighborhood Wednesday night. Los Angeles police responded to a shooting at a home on the 18000 block of Santa Rita Street at 7:22 p.

Neighbors said they heard so much gunfire, they actually thought it was fireworks. The shooting also reportedly happened in front of the couple's teen son.