At least one dead and three hospitalized after gunmen open fire in busy parking lot outside California Trader Joe’s: Two suspects in custody as emergency services perform CPR on another victim with ‘gunshot wound to chest’
- One person is dead and three others have been hospitalized after a shooting broke out in a busy West Hills shopping center in southern California
- Footage from the scene showed one victim being given CPR and treated for a chest wound while other clips from the scene showed a high police presence
- Two suspects are in custody, a man and a woman and it’s been reported that something was ditched out the window of a car police were pursuing
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At least one person has died and three others hospitalized after a shooting broke out in a busy West Hills shopping center in southern California, with a man and woman in police custody.
The person killed is a 45-year-old man. The three other victims were a 35-year-old woman, a 35-year-old man and a 45-year-old man, all in a serious or critical condition, Los Angeles Police Department said.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting near Fallbrook Avenue and Bowen Street at about 3:45pm on Saturday afternoon and have taken two people into custody – a man and a woman.
Citizen showed a large police presence and emergency responders in the parking lot, as shoppers watched authorities comb the area for information.
At least one person has died and three others hospitalized after a shooting broke out in a busy West Hills shopping center in southern California, with a man and woman in police custody
Businesses were also seen cordoned off near the scene outside a Trader Joe’s, a Chili’s restaurant and Bob’s Discount Furniture store.
A suspect reportedly fled the scene in a ‘red Honda civic’ before ditching their, hiding under a tree and calling a friend, according to Fox News.
An item was also reportedly also ditched out the window of the car that police had been pursuing, with units now responding to retrieve the item.
The LAPD had initially thought the man had called an Uber, according to the outlet, but a short pursuit of a ‘red Corolla,’ which was being driven by a woman, confirmed that he’d called a friend.
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One person is dead and two others are in a critical condition after a gunman opened fire at a Trader Joe’s in southern California
Businesses were also seen cordoned off near the scene outside a Trader Joe’s, a Chili’s restaurant and Bob’s Discount Furniture store
Footage of the arrest shows at least five police vehicles pulled up on a street where a man was seen lying on his front nearby the car.
A woman is then seen being taken out of the vehicle before both suspects were taken into police custody.
Meanwhile, back at the scene of the shooting officers found all victims with gunshot wounds.
Footage from the parking lot – uploaded to Twitter by CaliforniaNewsWatch – showed emergency services treating at least one victim for a gunshot wound to the chest and performing CPR.
A body lay covered in the parking lot of the busy West Hills shopping center
Adam Strickland who was coming out of a movie theatre told KTLA that he didn’t even realize he was walking out onto a crime scene.
‘I heard a couple of pops and it didn’t even occur to me that they were gunshots until I saw people running down the parking lot, ‘said Strickland.
‘Behind me, I saw a couple people panicking and the guy who got shot just slowly fell to the ground and the people who were with him started panicking. A guy came in and started putting pressure on the guy’s wound.’
The circumstances leading up to the shooting remain unclear as authorities continue to investigate.
This is a developing story.
