Police Search for Suspects in Fatal Shooting During Mid-City Robbery


One person was shot to death during a robbery in Mid-City Friday morning, police said.

One suspect was taken into custody, but Los Angeles police are still searching for two other men believed to have been involved, Officer Charles Miller said.

The shooting was reported at 10:13 a.m. near the intersection of Venice and Hauser boulevards, he said.

Video from KABC 7 showed police and paramedics near a shopping center at the intersection.

The suspects appeared to have arrived at the scene in a Lexus ES.

Details about the incident were still unclear and under investigation, but Miller said a man was shot and killed during the robbery. No additional details about the deceased were immediately available.

A man, described as a black man dressed all in black and armed with a gun, was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, Miller said.

Police are still searching for two other men believed to have been involved.

One of them was described as a black or Latino man, wearing a gray hoodie and yellow pants, Miller said. No description of the third suspect was available.

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