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08:35, 22-Jul-2018
One woman dead, suspect in custody in LA grocery store standoff
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08:14, 25-Jul-2018
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One woman was killed after an armed man barricaded himself inside a grocery store in Los Angeles, the city’s mayor Eric Garcetti said at a news conference.
"I regret to inform you that there is one fatality that occurred inside, of a woman," Garcetti said, without further identifying the woman.
The incident started at around 3:30 p.m. local time. The suspect was wanted in connection to a shooting and he barricaded himself inside the Trader Joe's for hours after running from police.
The suspect, who is in his late teens, shot his grandmother and a younger female earlier in the day, police said.
The suspect barricaded himself inside the supermarket with an unknown number of people, but was taken into custody "without incident," according to police.
"We have successfully taken the suspect into custody without incident. The situation remains fluid as officers move forward clearing the location," the Los Angeles Police Department wrote on its official Twitter account.
US President Donald Trump earlier said he was watching the situation very closely.
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