The Los Angeles striker was angry at his grandmother for his girlfriend

An altercation between a man and his grandmother about the permanence of his girlfriend in the woman's house became violent and in the end the subject took dozens of hostages in a supermarket in Los Angeles said a parent Sunday.

Investigators believe 28-year-old Gene Evin Atkins shot his grandmother on Saturday afternoon and wounded his partner in the house where they lived in south Los Angeles before provoking a police chase in which he exchanged fire with the agents, crashed into a post outside Trader Joe's supermarket in the Silver Lake area of ​​the city and ran into the store.

Atkins was booked Sunday on the murder charge for the death of an employee when he entered the scene, police said.

Charlene Egland, the subject's cousin, told the Associated Press that Atkins had been disputed with his grandmother – who had raised her since age 7 years – I was not there for two or three weeks "because of the fact that his girlfriend lived in the house of the grandmother."

"She did not want the girl to be there anymore," says Egland. , 76, was coming home Saturday and told the grandson to turn off some of the televisions, after which he shot him, said Egland.

The cousin said that she heard about six shots before another cousin ran out of the terrace and shouted at Egland: "I think Gene shot my mother!" [19659002] The Atkins couple was shot in the head, police said.

Egland He said that he ran to call the emergency number and waited for an ambulance to arrive. At the same time, according to police, Atkins stole Grandma's vehicle and forcibly took away his girlfriend.

Officers located the car through a stolen vehicle tracking system and tried to stop Atkins in Hollywood, but he refused to move, police said. During the pursuit, the suspect shot them through the rear window of the car

There was more firefighting before Atkins crashed into a streetlight at the same time. 39, outside the supermarket. The man continued shooting at the police and Melyda Corado, 27, a Trader Joe employee, was killed when she was hit by a bullet, said police chief Michel Moore. . Other officers released the Atkins couple from the vehicle

Customers and employees quickly searched for shelter and barricaded themselves in warehouses and toilets while police bullets passed through the store's glass doors

. The shots, Sean Gerace, who was working at the back of the supermarket, drove several of his companions into a warehouse on the floor. He took a folding ladder and pulled it out of a window so that his comrades could safely escape, he told KNBC-TV

"I took a rescue ladder, erected a barricade in the hallway, I just tried to attract the attention of the special police officer, "Gerace told the television channel

About three hours later, Atkins – who was shot in his left arm – agreed to put his handcuffs in. Walking through the main door, surrounded by four of the hostages, he was arrested on Sunday with a bail of two million dollars, and it is unclear whether he has a lawyer to testify on the charges.

A gun was found in the store, according to the police.

She was injured by fragments of glass and she went to the hospital herself, the police added.

The fire department took six in the hospital for conditions or injuries that do not put their lives in danger. 19659002] Atkins' grandmother was initially transferred to a hospital in critical condition and police said she had received seven bullets, but Egland, who visited him on Sunday, said that She had suffered three bullet wounds. 19659002] Atkins, who has two daughters, has held a number of jobs, including a security guard, but has been fired on a number of occasions, Egland said. His work permit as a security guard expired in November 2017, according to state records. It is unclear whether the private license he possessed allowed him to legally carry a firearm.

Her grandmother had also tried to help her find a job and "was just trying to improve it," says the cousin

. Grandma attacked, said Egland, but began to worry that in recent weeks he seemed upset and sullen.

"I thought it was not correct," he said. "I'm devastated."

Parents, co-workers and clients remember Corado, Trader Joe's employee, Sunday, a lively, hardworking and always smiling person, as he is described. An impromptu memorial of flowers, candles and notes in his memory increased the size Sunday on the sidewalk outside the institution.

"It hurts me to say that she did not survive. My little sister. My world, "said his brother Albert Corado in a tweet.

Trader Joe's popular in the neighborhood and known for his excellent service will remain closed until further notice to give employees time to deal the facts and crying. [19659002 "Yesterday was the saddest day in the history of Trader Joe while we were mourning the loss of one of us," said Kenya Friend-Daniel, a company spokesperson, in a statement. "Our thoughts are with his family, our team members and the customers who have experienced this terrible and unimaginable nightmare."