A 29-year-old Lengthy Seashore man shot and killed himself after capturing three different males, committing two carjackings, kidnapping a lady and barricading himself and the hostage inside a church, police mentioned.
He first shot a person in his higher physique within the 200 block of East 57th Road round 7:16 p.m. Thursday, Lengthy Seashore police mentioned in a information launch. The sufferer was hospitalized and is steady.
The gunman then shot at a lady and carjacked her automobile however was unable to drive away as a result of the automobile shut off, police mentioned. The girl was not struck by gunfire.
The gunman subsequent shot one other man in his higher physique a pair blocks away, within the 80 block of East fifty fifth Road, police mentioned. The sufferer was hospitalized and is steady.
The gunman then approached a automobile within the 100 block of East fifty fifth Road, pointed a gun at a lady driving it and entered the automobile whereas she was nonetheless inside, in keeping with investigators. Throughout the carjacking he shot one other man, who went to a hospital after struggling a graze wound to his higher physique, police mentioned.
The gunman pressured the girl to drive him away from the world, in keeping with investigators. Police caught up with them at a church within the 21600 block of Alameda Road in Carson round 8:30 p.m. A number of different individuals who had relationships with the suspect have been additionally inside, police mentioned.
Officers established a fringe and referred to as SWAT. The girl who had been kidnapped was in a position to go away the constructing unhurt, police mentioned. A hostage negotiator tried to name the person and negotiate his give up, however SWAT personnel heard gunshots, in keeping with investigators. They then entered the constructing and located the person had shot himself within the higher and decrease physique, police mentioned. He was pronounced lifeless at a hospital. His identification was not launched.
The opposite adults contained in the church have been unhurt. Trauma Intervention Program volunteers responded to supply emotional help to them and the kidnapping sufferer, police mentioned. No pictures have been fired by officers in the course of the incidents, in keeping with investigators.
The motive for the alleged crimes was underneath investigation. Anybody with info was requested to contact Lengthy Seashore Murder Detectives Donald Collier or Leticia Gamboa at (562) 570-7244.
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