A MAN and a woman are dead after a shooting incident in Huntington Beach (Shutterstock).

A man and a woman are dead after a shooting incident in Huntington Beach on Sunday evening.

According to Jessica Cuchilla, public information officer for the HBPD, the incident began around 6 p.m. when officers responded to the 9500 block of Kensington Drive (near Bushard Street and Adams Avenue) regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call.

Arriving officers found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds. The man was declared dead at the scene and the woman was taken to a local trauma center, where she later succumbed to her wounds.

Anyone with information relating to the crime is asked to call the HBPD WeTip Hotline at (714) 375-5066.