One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Gunman Armed With AK-47 Goes on Shooting Spree Targeting Fiancée and her Family
Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr
An early morning shooting in Hawaiian Gardens has left 2 people dead and 3 more injured, according to LA Now. The as-yet unidentified suspect was wielding an AK-47, and appeared to have been targeting his fiancée and her family, after he entered her home and shot first her parents, and then her and her teenage brother.
According to authorities responding to the scene, "as many as 10 people were in the house at the time," and those who had not yet been confronted by the gunman "were jumping out of upstairs windows to escape."
When he heard the shots being fired, a sheriff's deputy on patrol in the area went to the house, where he "confronted the suspect and fired twice, wounding the gunman." Authorities believe the gunman's intent was to kill all ten people on the premises, and noted he had "also poured gas around the home."
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
