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About 40 people were at the Hyperion Avenue grocery store in the Silver Lake neighborhood, when an armed man ran, according to police. He had crushed a car he was driving nearby after firing several times at police officers who were pursuing him, the police said.
The man was fleeing police after a shootout in which an elderly woman and a young woman were victims, CNN police officer Mike Lopez told CNN.
Police said that the elderly woman was the grandmother of the suspect, and that he was driving his car when he destroyed it near Trader Joe's.
Customers ran out of the store when the gunman broke in. The police surrounded the building. During the three hours of confrontation, several people came out of the store with their hands up in the air. Some employees climbed through a back window on a chain ladder.
At a press conference afterward, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said that a woman inside Trader Joe had been killed. He did not identify her or say how she died. The suspect was wounded in the left arm after exchanging blows with the police, Garcetti told reporters after the stalemate ended
After talking with hostage negotiators, the man The 28-year-old ended up handcuffing and surrendering. Melyda Eldorado, according to her brother Albert Corado. He says he worked at Trader Joe for four to five years
"She was the person I loved most in the world, she was never anything but himself for better or for worse, she was herself ".
. Armored police vehicle parked outside the store and ambulances and dozens of law enforcement vehicles arriving at the scene.
Six people aged 12 to 81 years were taken to the hospital afterwards, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. All were in fair condition, with no lethal injuries, said spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
Among the wounded was a 20-year-old woman, who was removed from a vehicle, Stewart said. We did not know immediately if this woman was part of the original shooting.
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