UPDATE: Two Bodies Found at Home Near LACC--Site of 3 Other Shooting Injuries, Fire

UPDATE: Two bodies, including one of a suspected gunman, have been discovered in the home that caught fire earlier Thursday in the 500 block of North Harvard Boulevard near Los Angeles City College.

Police could not identify the suspected gunman nor the victim, as the bodies were too badly burned.

Firefighters fough the blaze until about 3:15 p.m, when the SWAT team was finally able to enter the house.

A neighbor told the Los Angeles Times that she saw a young man with a pony tail and a duffel bag entering the house right before the shooting.

EARLIER: City News Service is now reporting that a body has been found in the rubble of the house that burned this afternoon on Harvard Boulevard.

STILL EARLIER: Police are seeking help from the public in connection with a house fire and shooting early Thursday afternoon.

Three people were shot and brought to local hospitals with injuries after a residence at 517 N. Harvard Blvd. broke into flames.

One is an approximately 34-year-old man and two others are approximately 38-year-old women. All are being treated for apparent gunshot wounds at the hospital. According to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Matt Spence, their condition is not known.

Police do not have a description of the suspect yet.

Incident Began Just Before 1 O'Clock

Emergency personnel were sent to the site just before 1 p.m.

They were limited to fighting the blaze from a distance since the possible shooter's location was not known.

According to Spence, 150 firefighters were fighting the blaze at peak, under joint LAPD-LAFD command.

ABC7 said that at one point a young man showed up during the fire and said he lived in the home with five roommates.

He had raced over from L.A. City College after receiving a text from a friend.

Nearby homes were also evacuated, and Harvard Elementary School nearby was placed on lockdown.