Update: Four people were shot after a drug deal in the Trader Joe’s parking lot went sideways.
“Our preliminary investigation has revealed that the dispute centered around a narcotics transaction in the area,” LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said at a press conference. “During that dispute, multiple suspects produced firearms and fired at each other.”
One person is dead and three others are seriously injured after an assailant opened fire in a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Los Angeles Saturday afternoon.
The unidentified suspect is in custody.
NBC News reported:
One person was killed and three others were seriously injured Saturday afternoon in a shooting outside a Trader Joe’s grocery in Los Angeles.
The shooting was reported at 3:45 p.m. in the community of West Hills in the San Fernando Valley, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson.
A 45-year-old was dead at the scene, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart.
A 35-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition, and a 35-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man were in serious to critical condition at a hospital, officials said.
Footage from the scene (warning: graphic):
Video From The Scene pic.twitter.com/vbnnVXv5kp
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According to witnesses, the suspect fled in a red sedan then ditched his getaway car.
Suspect Vehicle looks like he ditched the red car and got in a different one pic.twitter.com/VFRjd2QkAC
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The suspect was taken into custody.
WATCH:
Video Of The Suspect In Custody Shot By @Ax2_media pic.twitter.com/YY8NrUhOCu
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