Two boys were fatally shot while sitting in a van outside an elementary school early Saturday morning in California, police said.

The shootings of the boys, ages 11 and 14, took place in the parking lot of Searles Elementary School, the East Bay Times reported.

Callers to 911 reported hearing gunfire at 1.26 am and officers found the boys when they arrived, Union City Police Department said in a statement.

The older boy died at the scene, and the younger child died en route to a trauma center. Both of them were discovered in a parked minivan, ABC7 reported.

New Haven Unified School District Superintendent John Thompson said in a statement that the victims were minors. The boys attended schools in the district, Thompson and a district spokesman said.

Two boys were fatally shot while sitting in a van outside an elementary school early Saturday morning in California, police said

Crime scene evidence markers are seen at the parking lot of the Searles Elementary School in Union City, California, where the double shooting occurred on Saturday morning

No arrests have been made in connection with the killings.Police Lt. Steve Mendez said there was no sign of a connection between the shooting and the school where it took place.

People occasionally gather in the relatively secluded parking lot, Mendez told the Times. '(The school) happened to be where it took place,' Mendez said.

There have been no arrests in relation to the case and police suspect the shooting could be gang related. A definite motive has not yet been determined by police.

Shell casings and other evidence was discovered in the parking lot where the shooting occurred.

School Superintendent John Thompson said the school district 'will have support for our students and staff at the sites where these students attended when school resumes after the Thanksgiving break.'

The district also will work with the Union City Police Department 'to ensure that our schools are as safe as they can be,' he said.

Union City Police suspect that an earlier shooting may be related to the double murder on Saturday, the East Bay Times reported.

Callers to 911 reported hearing gunfire at 1.26 am and officers found the boys when they arrived, Union City Police Department said in a statement. The vehicle the boys were sitting in at the time is seen above

Shell casings and other evidence was discovered in the parking lot where the shooting occurred

On November 20 at around 12.30 am, two men had been shot and injured at the intersection of 8th and C streets in Union City.

There is no evidence as of yet to connect the two crimes, as the men received treatment at a local hospital and were discharged.

Mendez said police spent the morning talking with neighbors who live in the residential area that surrounds the school.

They were working to put together descriptions of any suspects or vehicles that may have been involved, and to determine any motive for the fatal shooting.

'We don’t have any of that right now,' Mendez said. 'Our detectives are out there trying to contact neighbors.

Cameron Lopez, who lives in the area, claimed the community was shocked by the double homicide. He told ABC7: 'It wasn't just a like a few fireworks that usually go off in this neighborhood, which they like to do here.

'It was a very long, drawn-out range of shots.It's obviously terrible and horrific for the families. Man, prayers go out.'