Pico Boulevard

School officials in Santa Monica and Venice counseled students Wednesday and were cautioned to be on alert for suspicious activity after two former students were slain in separate shootings Tuesday. The killings occurred several hours apart in Venice's Oakwood neighborhood and in the Pico neighborhood in Santa Monica. Santa Monica police arrested and booked four people in connection with the shooting in that city. Sgt. Dave Hunscke, citing the ongoing investigation, declined to say what the suspects were booked on or whether the two killings were connected.