83-Year-Old Man Arrested For Killing Another Man In Parking Lot Of Amazon Fresh Store
An 83-year-old California man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Tuesday outside an Amazon Fresh store in the Westchester area of Los Angeles.
The deadly altercation unfolded around 4 p.m. in the 6800 block of La Cienega Boulevard, near Centinela Avenue, in the store’s parking lot.
Cellphone video captured the confrontation between the 83-year-old man, who can be seen holding a gun, and a 31-year-old man standing near a white pickup truck, as it escalated into a fatal shooting that was witnessed by several people.
“The young guy that got shot was being very aggressive,” a witness said. “He was saying derogatory things to the African American gentleman, and I believe that there was some words that were said and he turned around and shot him.”
Another witness said the whole incident started when the younger man drove his pickup truck erratically into the store’s parking lot.
At that point, witnesses said the man in his 30s began screaming at the older woman for some reason.
According to witnesses, that’s when the alleged shooter emerged from his home in a robe with a gun.
The man in his 30s is then said to have gotten very aggressive with the older man, yelling at him, calling him in the N-word. Those watching the incident unfold said the shooting happened moments later.
“Officers were able to take that suspect into custody and begin rendering aid to that individual that had been shot,” Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Kelly Muniz said.
He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Neither of the two men have been identified. Police added that they are continuing to speak to witnesses and investigate the incident.
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