2 die in shooting at Los Angeles store; 1 woman hospitalized

LOS ANGELES – A antheral and a pistillate were killed successful a shooting astatine a Los Angeles covering store Thursday, and different pistillate was injured and taken to a hospital, authorities said.

At slightest 1 of the 2 radical killed was fatally changeable by police. The shooting occurred astir 11:45 a.m. astatine a Burlington Coat Factory store successful the North Hollywood country of the San Fernando Valley, said Los Angeles constabulary Detective Meghan Aguilar.

Police responded to reports of a idiosyncratic being assaulted with a deadly limb arsenic good arsenic reports of shots being fired, according to Los Angeles constabulary Capt. Stacy Spell, who spoke astatine a quality conference. Spell said officers opened occurrence erstwhile they saw the fishy assaulting different person.

The fishy was struck by the officers' bullets and killed, Spell said. The idiosyncratic who was being assaulted was besides pronounced dormant astatine the country and had gunshot wounds, but it was not instantly wide if they had been changeable by constabulary oregon the suspect.

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Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Nicholas Prange said a antheral and a pistillate died astatine the scene. Authorities did not instantly accidental which idiosyncratic was the fishy and whether the fishy had a gun.

Prange said a pistillate with mean to superior injuries was transported to a hospital. It wasn't instantly known if she'd been shot.

Spell said the injured pistillate was the unfortunate successful the archetypal battle report. It was not instantly wide what limb was progressive successful that assault.

He added that constabulary had received calls astir the fishy acting erratically earlier the incident.

Imelda Garcia said her sister works successful the store and was connected interruption erstwhile she heard gunshots and everyone started running. Garcia said she spoke to her sister connected the telephone and that she's OK but sounded “really nervous.”

Police escorted radical retired of the store astir 2 hours aft the incident.

No different details were instantly released.

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