LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and four others injured in a shooting incident in the U.S. coastal city of Torrance near Los Angeles, local police said early Saturday.

The incident took place at a bowling center, Gable House Bowl, on late Friday. Local police had said in a tweet earlier in the morning that it was responding to reports of a shooting with "multiple victims down."

The police later said three people were killed and four others were injured.

"Three men were pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital for treatment of their injuries," Sgt. Ronald Harris of the Torrance Police Department was quoted as saying by the local City News Service.

Two other men sought medical help on their own, the police said.

Torrance is located about 30 km southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Gable House Bowl described itself as "the premier destination for bowling in the South Bay" on its website.