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Man Dead, Woman Wounded In Hail Of Bullets Near LAX

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LOS ANGELES (CBS) —  A man was fatally shot and a woman was wounded in a hail of bullets as they sat in a parked Cadillac on the outskirts of the Los Angeles International Airport Saturday, according to police.

The shooting attack occurred about 12:30 p.m at 96th Street and Airport Boulevard, near the Renaissance Airport Hotel, said a police sergeant at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific station.

The sergeant said a suspect, about 20 years old and wearing a black bandana, walked up to the couple, seated in a white Cadillac, and fired several shots at them.

The man was hit it in the head and shoulder. Paramedics rushed him to UCLA Medical where he was pronounced dead about 1:30 p.m., he said. Some eyewitnesses said they heard as many as 30 shots fired, but police could not confirm that number.

The condition of the woman and the extent of her injuries were not immediately known.

A KNX reporter said a late-model Cadillac was sitting in the street, its door open and a half-dozen shell casings near it, 90 minutes after the shooting.

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  • HappyJack

    Strange the age of the woman was not mentioned. Wonder if if was one of those unfaithful type of vengeance killings?

  • Hunkie Boy

    this is 3 shooting in 1 hour in los Angeles!Please join me in supporting a CCW permit for decent citizens in LA> go open carry, weapon on hip, ammo close by,perfectly legal, only 6 ccw’s a year are granted to judges and board of supervisors, protect yourself.

    • jsg

      I could not agree with you more Hunkie Boy.

      • Robert Chandler

        Everyone has a right to self defense, despite approval from judges and B.o.S. If you are decent citizen why do you need the approval of a judge to prove that?

        Protect yourself first! To hell with the rest!

  • redd’ride’nhood

    what was the type of gun used. and did it have a clip, and how many bullets does the clip hold.

    • Onclewillie

      Semi-automatic pistols do not use clips. The correct term is magazine and if it is a semi-auto pistol, then it most likely had a magazine. The number of cartridges held in a given magazine is determined by the firearm and whatever factory or after market magazines are available. If there were 30 rounds expended, I would hazard a guess that it was a 15 round magazine and the shooter changed magazines one time.

      I wouldn’t park in that area. Ever. You are a victim waiting to be victimized.

  • Robby Logan

    Black on black crime – YAY!

  • penelope wallingford

    you don’t think the victim had a gun? there is no self defense in this kind of shooting–or most. just more deaths. read the statistics!

    • Андрей Шаповалов

      Dead man and wounded woman would certainly not agree with you, Penelope.

      • penelope wallingford

        again, you don’t know if he had a gun–the fact that he was ambushed means he didn’t have time to use it. the victims are never as prepared as the shooter….and don’t have time/chance to be.. have you ever read any studies on shootings? or is this just your instinct? it has been proven endlessly that victims rarely use a gun successfully for self defense.

  • penelope wallingford

    p.s. i was there. the cadillac was burgandy….

    • Saber 1

      Do you work for the same pimp?

  • Shane

    Had to go to KABC to get details
    Names
    Johnson from Lancaster
    Brother watched from rental car
    Had gone to meet someone
    Suspect black male in 20s

  • Rob Morse

    The right to self defense does not extend to the people of Los Angeles. So say the chief of police who will not issue them a permit to carry concealed. So say the legislators who vote to deny open carry. If you wonder why gun control doesn’t work, then ask yourself this question- Have you ever met a law-abiding criminal?

    • penelope wallingford

      have you ever met the mother of a child killed accidentally by a “legal” gun? I have, many times. it happens 15 times a day in the US.

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