One dead after US hostage drama

LOS ANGELES: A gunman took hostages inside a supermarket in Los Angeles on Saturday after a gun battle with police, leaving a store employee dead before the suspect handcuffed himself and surrendered, reports AFP quoting police.

The drama began at another location when a man became “involved in a family dispute which resulted in him shooting his grandmother and a female,” Sergeant Barry Montgomery told journalists.

“That suspect fled the location in his grandmother’s vehicle, taking that female victim with him,” and eventually entered a Trader Joe’s supermarket in the Silver Lake neighborhood, he said.

While police chased him, the suspect “fired on officers multiple times” before an “additional gun battle” outside the Trader Joe’s, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore told reporters.

“Inside the store a young woman was shot and killed,” Moore said, adding that officers rescued her but she could not be revived.

There were contradictory reports about whether the victim, whom US media identified as store employee Melyda Corado, was shot by the gunman or in the crossfire with the police.

 

One dead after US hostage drama

LOS ANGELES: A gunman took hostages inside a supermarket in Los Angeles on Saturday after a gun battle with police, leaving a store employee dead before the suspect handcuffed himself and surrendered, reports AFP quoting police. The drama began at another location when a man became involved in a family dispute which resulted in him shooting his grandmother and a female, Sergeant Barry Montgomery told journalists. That suspect fled the location in his grandmothers vehicle, taking that female victim with him, and eventually entered a Trader Joes supermarket in the Silver Lake neighborhood, he said. While police chased him, the suspect fired on officers multiple times before an additional gun battle outside the Trader Joes, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore told reporters. Inside the store a young woman was shot and killed, Moore said, adding that officers rescued her but she could not be revived. There were contradictory reports about whether the victim, whom US media identified as store employee Melyda Corado, was shot by the gunman or in the crossfire with the police.