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 Two friends died Sunday when one allegedly turned a gun on himself after accidentally shooting another man in Willowbrook, according to authorities. 
 
 Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims in the 400 block of East 138th East Street (map) around 1 a.m., according to a L.A. County Sheriff’s Department news release. 
 
 A group of about 10 people were in front of a home when one man exhibited a gun for unknown reasons, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Eddie Hernandez said. 
 
 “There were several people here and for whatever reason he decided to brandish a handgun,” Hernandez said. “The victim that came over to try disarm him didn’t like the fact that he was brandishing the weapon, tried to disarm him and that’s when the gun went off.” 
 
 After the victim was shot, the man who exposed the gun allegedly shot himself. 
 
 Family members identified the first gunshot victim as Jerrod Taylor, 23, and the man who brandished the weapon as Dominique Barnett, 24. 
 
 Barnett died at the scene, and Taylor died at a local hospital. 
 
 “Preliminary investigation is indicating that both the gunshot victims knew each other, and that they were friends, so there was no malicious intent at this point that we know of for the shooting to occur,” LASD homicide detective Steven Lankford said. 
 
 Those who knew the victims said the two men had been friends for 11 years and Taylor was a father. 
 
 "Jerrod was a great kid," said his cousin, Laretha Kelly. "He worked very hard. … He was just so willing to help people." 
 
 Antoine Barnett, the gunman's father, said he believed his son "did get distraught over shooting his best friend, and he didn't see no outs." 
 
 "I wish he would have called me," the elder Barnett continued. "There's not much more I could have done, but at least talked to him. I didn't even get a chance to say bye to him." 
 
 An investigation was underway into why the gun was present and if alcohol or drugs played a factor. 
 
 KTLA's John A. Moreno contributed to this report. 

 WILLOWBROOK (CBSLA.com) — Two men reportedly were shot early Sunday in what police suspect started as an accidental discharge. 
 
 It happened around 1 a.m. on East 138th Street near San Pedro Street, according to the LAPD. 
 
 Detectives were on scene trying to piece together what happened. 
 
 They told CBS2/KCAL9’s Joy Benedict that a group of about ten men in their 20s were partying outside the home late into the night. 
 
 Family members said Dominique Barnett, 24, was among the group and had brought a handgun to show his friends. They said a 23-year-old man who lived on the street was upset that Barnett would bring a gun to the party and tried to take it away from him. The gun accidentally discharged and killed the 23-year-old. 
 
 Barnett was so wracked with guilt at his best friend’s death that he felt he had no other choice but to turn the gun on himself, relatives told Benedict. They said Barnett committed suicide at the scene. 
 
 Barnett’s father, Antoine, talked about the shock of getting the news this morning. 
 
 “It’s not too easy,” he said. 
 
 His father wished his son had called him first. 
 
 “He didn’t see any out,” Antoine said, “I’m not sure there is much more I could have done, but I could have talked to him. I didn’t even get a chance to say bye to him.” 
 
 The 23-year-old friend has been identified as Gerard Taylor. 
 
 “Guns are not toys,” said a grieving friend, “They are not toys.” 
 
 “Preliminary investigation is indicating that the gunshot victims knew each other and that they were friends. There was no malicious intent that we know of, at this point, for the shooting to occur. Right now it’s being handled as an accidental shooting,” Det. Steven Lankford of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said.
– A Los Angeles-area man apparently shot and killed a friend at a party by mistake and, grief-stricken, turned the gun on himself, CBS Los Angeles reports. About 10 guys in their 20s were outside a South LA house after midnight on Sunday when one of them, Dominique Barnett, 24, showed off his handgun, police say. Jerrod Taylor, 23, got upset at the sight of his longtime friend brandishing the weapon, KTLA reports, and tried disarming him—but was accidentally shot in the process. Relatives say a guilt-ridden Barnett committed suicide on the spot. "He didn't see any out," says Barnett's father, Antoine. "I'm not sure there is much more I could have done, but I could have talked to him," he adds. "I didn't even get a chance to say bye to him." Not much is reported on Taylor, but a cousin calls him "a great kid. He was just so willing to help people." Meanwhile, law enforcement may or may not totally buy this version of events. A detective says authorities are considering Taylor's death accidental, but a sergeant at the Sheriff's Department Headquarters Bureau isn't so sure: "This one's kind of sticky," he tells the LA Times. "They're trying to figure out what happened and we won't know for a while." A grieving friend adds a postscript, telling CBS that "guns are not toys. They are not toys." (Read about a pregnant woman shot dead by a friend showing off his gun.)