Suspect Fires Shots In Air At Mondrian Hotel After Staff Trashes Pot Stash

WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) — A man who got into a business dispute at the Mondrian Los Angeles hotel in the 8400 block of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood is suspected of going outside the property, firing shots in the air and then fleeing the scene in a vehicle.

Police confirm that the suspect was angry that the hotel staff discarded his marijuana stash.

As KCAL9/CBS2's Tom Wait reports, the suspect was a guest of the hotel and had checked out Tuesday evening. A friend of his had some weed in the hotel room. After they checked out they tried to come back to get it. The manager and the cleaning staff had cleared the room and removed it and that's when the man apparently got angry, came outside and started shooting into the air.

"We had originally seized some items that had been left in the hotel," said Mondrian Hotel manager Luis Saldana. "Upon seizing these items and informing him of it, he got disgruntled and our hotel security team were great in reacting quickly. He barged out the front of the hotel and went out to the side street and just shot some shots up in the air."

No one was injured and deputies are investigating, according to the watch commander at the sheriff's West Hollywood Station.

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