A man on Saturday afternoon crashed a stolen car, opened fire on police officers, and ran inside a Los Angeles Trader Joe’s market, where there is reportedly an ongoing hostage situation.
JUST IN: Los Angeles Police are reporting a possible hostage situation at a Trader Joe's.https://t.co/e86i4AGvCc pic.twitter.com/Ul48mRFeh0
— WFSB Channel 3 (@WFSBnews) July 22, 2018
UPDATE: Earlier today, officers went in pursuit of a suspect wanted in connection to a shooting. At the termination of the pursuit, an officer involved shooting occurred, and the suspect has barricaded himself inside a #TraderJoes in #Silverlake. https://t.co/fLAowNpgYL
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 22, 2018
UPDATE: SWAT resources are on scene at the #traderjoes in #Silverlake as we work to bring a swift resolution to this incident. Again, this is an active and evolving situation, and we continue to urge the public and media to stay clear of the area.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 22, 2018
#Breaking: Police say the suspect is in his late teens, and that he shot his OWN GRANDMOTHER before taking off in her car with another woman and crashing outside the Trader Joe's in #silverlake. Unknown how many people still being held hostage. At least two people hurt. #cbsla
— Peter Daut (@PeterDaut) July 22, 2018
BREAKING LA mayor Eric Garcetti tells @KNX1070 more than a dozen hostages have been released from a Trader Joe’s supermarket where a suspect is “engaged in dialogue” with police.
— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) July 22, 2018
President Trump tweeted that he is monitoring the situation:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1020826008352587778
Which led Bill Palmer to offer up thoughts and prayers for the hostages — no wait, liberals don’t do “thoughts and prayers.” Instead, he called for gun control because there isn’t any gun control in California and this would never have happened if there was.
So are you gonna do something about gun control or nah?
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) July 22, 2018
Yes, Congress is going to pass that bill confiscating all guns and then the suspect will have to come out and surrender his firearm.
Naw …… if someone shopping in the store had only had a gun……….. #2A
— Jane (@CallMeMyLady) July 22, 2018
No amount of gun control will stop criminals getting their hands on them! The way the world is going…I wish I could carry!!
— Nicola Reade-Lyons (@Minxky999) July 22, 2018
No, California already has strictest gun control in country.
– Universal Background Check.
– Private Sale need to conduct with FFL.
– Assault Weapon Ban.
– High Capacity Magazine Ban.
– Limit one gun per one month.
– May(Shall-not)-issue Conceal Carry permit.
etc.— GamerAndGunOwner (@Mig_Gamer) July 22, 2018
This is obviously a lie. California's strict gun laws make it impossible. https://t.co/4RSsBnC6tN
— Coonsman™ (@fwoodbridge) July 22, 2018
There is no way. Liberal utopian gun laws prevent this sort of thing.
— Pete Kidder ? (@PeteKidder) July 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1020826323940528128
Turns out there’s already gun laws that prohibit this CRIMINAL from carrying a gun, those worked great didn’t they! CA has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, clearly your gun control idea isn’t working. Any other suggestions that haven’t been beat to death?
— Brew Crew (@BrewCrewLA) July 22, 2018
— waymoth peal (@WaymothP) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/ajrichar/status/1020830975968841728
You have a lot of time on your hands. Ever think about getting a real job, helping the poor or volunteering at a hospital?
— Tiberias A. (@MrCockyHimself) July 22, 2018
You need serious help.
— Michael Miller (@mikemillerdrums) July 22, 2018
Imagine how pathetic it is that you need to base your entire existence around Trump.
— JudasKiss (@judaskiss12) July 22, 2018
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Update:
Several reports say the suspect surrendered himself to police without incident after a three-hour standoff:
JUST IN: A shooting and chase suspect who was barricaded inside a Los Angeles Trader Joe's with some hostages inside appeared to surrender to police and is in custody: https://t.co/PgKNRhCwu0 pic.twitter.com/p68lTBuPKx
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) July 22, 2018
LAPD says the man who barricaded himself inside the Trader Joe's in Silver Lake has been taken into custody without incident after a three hour standoff. https://t.co/d7TtcBvCB3
— Stephanie K. Baer (@skbaer) July 22, 2018
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Update:
More recent reports are saying that one woman was killed inside the store.
UPDATES: LAPD Chief Michael Moore says a young woman was shot and killed inside the Trader Joe's in Silver Lake where a man took hostages and barricaded himself after exchanging gunfire with police at the end of a pursuit https://t.co/d7TtcBvCB3
— Stephanie K. Baer (@skbaer) July 22, 2018
People who were working at Trader Joe’s gather after being told about death of a co-worker. #LosAngeles #TraderJoes pic.twitter.com/bpO4hI7in8
— Craig Fiegener (@CraigNews3LV) July 22, 2018
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