The LA Times reports:

A triple murder late Thursday night inside a West Hollywood apartment building may be tied to a robbery attempt.

The victims were identified as Pirooz Moussazadeh HY”D, 27; his brother, Shahriar Moussazadeh HY”D, 38; and Bernard Khalili HY”D, 27, said Craig Harvey, chief of investigations for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

According to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation but not authorized to discuss the attack, investigators believe the victims were targeted.

No arrests have been made, but Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Pat Nelson said he is confident investigators will make progress over the weekend.

“I can say that we are throwing a lot of resources at this case,” he wrote in an e-mail, adding that some of the department’s most experienced investigators worked the case throughout Thursday night. “Their efforts included scene sketches, photographs, latent print searches, firearms experts, and testing for biological evidence.”

Deputies went to the Kings Road Arms apartments in the 600 block of North Kings Road, south of Melrose Avenue, about 9:15 p.m. after neighbors reported hearing a series of gunshots.

The victims were found dead in various parts of one apartment in the building. The two brothers were tenants of the apartment.

There was no sign of forced entry or struggle, deputies said, and no drugs or weapons were found at the scene.

Early Friday evening, relatives and friends of Khalili, who was part of a close-knit Persian community on the Westside, struggled with the news.

They overflowed from the Khalili family’s Westwood home, many crying.

Through relatives, Khalili’s parents declined to comment, but a cousin of Khalili’s said the 27-year-old was a gentle soul. The two, he said, grew up like brothers.

(Source: LA Times)