A violent drama erupted Tuesday at the luxury Fashion Island mall in Los Angeles.
A 68-year-old New Zealand woman was shopping with her husband when two men tried to rob them at a Barnes and Noble store. One of the men was carrying a gun.
This was stated by Police Chief Stephen Oberon during a press conference on Thursday night, Norwegian time.
The woman was dragged into the street before a man in a white sedan struck and killed her.
The three men then fled the scene in the same car, the news agency reported. AFP.
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Oberon explained that fighting broke out.
During the attempted robbery, one of the men allegedly fired three shots, according to police.
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No one was injured by the gunfire. According to the report, the husband of the murdered woman was not injured during the attempted robbery. News letters.
The 68-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
escape on foot
According to Oberon, police rushed to the scene immediately. Three people were arrested for the murder and attempted robbery.
The man who fired the shots is said to have first tried to escape on foot, before getting into a car with the other men and leaving the area.
When they arrived in Cypress, Orange County, the three began fleeing police on foot after leaving the vehicle. One of the men was arrested first, before police were able to subdue the remaining two suspects.
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They are now in custody and are suspected of murder and armed robbery, according to local police.
The suspects are men between the ages of 18 and 26. The circumstances surrounding the killing remain unclear, and the incident is under investigation.
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The mayor of Newport Beach, where the incident occurred, condemned the incident, describing it as “shocking and shocking.”
“Newport Beach is a safe community, and today we mourn the loss of someone, a loss that should never have happened,” Will O’Neill said during a news conference Tuesday, according to ABC News.
– Actually – to hell with these guys. They came to our town, they knew they were going to commit a crime, and now a woman is dead. “It's heartbreaking, it's a tragedy,” the mayor said.
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