1 Dead, 2 Injured in Shooting in Market
Pastor Dale Morgan
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Shooting in Market*
AP
CHINO, Calif. - A man opened fire in a grocery store Sunday afternoon,
shooting and injuring his girlfriend and her sister before police shot
him to death, authorities said.
The man arrived at the Rio Ranch Market in Chino, about 40 miles east of
Los Angeles, at about 1 p.m. with his two young children in tow, Chino
Police Lt. Al Cheatam said.
He shot at four people inside, but hit only his girlfriend and
girlfriend's sister. The girlfriend worked in the store's bakery.
"At first everyone thought it was a balloon that went off in the store,"
Fabio Cebreros, a customer in the store, told KABC-TV. "But then after
you heard two more shots just randomly go off, POW! POW! It was chaos."
Police said the man, 25, was holding his girlfriend hostage when they
confronted him.
"She had been shot, we could tell that by her bleeding, and he was
holding her in a position where he had his gun to her head," Cheatam
said. "One of our officers was able to get a good line of sight between
him and the hostage and the shooter, and we were able to resolve the
situation by the officer firing a round at the suspect."
The girlfriend's sister was airlifted to a hospital in critical
condition, authorities said. The girlfriend was treated for
non-life-threatening injuries.
It was unclear if the sister also worked at the store.
No names were released.
The two children were in custody of Child Protective Services,
authorities said.