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| Gunfight breaks out in LA restaurant, leaving three dead and 12 injured | |
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| An early morning argument at a Los Angeles restaurant apparently triggered a gun battle that left three people dead and 12 wounded, authorities said on Saturday. | An early morning argument at a Los Angeles restaurant apparently triggered a gun battle that left three people dead and 12 wounded, authorities said on Saturday. |
| Police who arrived at the scene found shell casings and blood throughout the restaurant, located west of downtown Los Angeles. | Police who arrived at the scene found shell casings and blood throughout the restaurant, located west of downtown Los Angeles. |
| Two possible suspects were being questioned. | Two possible suspects were being questioned. |
| LAPD officer Mike Lopez said a preliminary investigation found a party was under way at the restaurant, operating out of a converted home, at 12.30am on Saturday when the argument started. | LAPD officer Mike Lopez said a preliminary investigation found a party was under way at the restaurant, operating out of a converted home, at 12.30am on Saturday when the argument started. |
| A man and woman left the building, then returned and the restaurant erupted in gunfire. | A man and woman left the building, then returned and the restaurant erupted in gunfire. |
| Three people died at the scene, and 12 others were transported to local hospitals. Their conditions ranged from critical to stable but serious. | Three people died at the scene, and 12 others were transported to local hospitals. Their conditions ranged from critical to stable but serious. |
| Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was confident police would unravel questions surrounding the shooting, and expressed sympathy for victims’ families. | Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was confident police would unravel questions surrounding the shooting, and expressed sympathy for victims’ families. |
| He called it “the latest example of a senseless gun violence epidemic that causes so much pain and sorrow in our city and across the nation. | He called it “the latest example of a senseless gun violence epidemic that causes so much pain and sorrow in our city and across the nation. |
| “We cannot tolerate these tragedies multiplying in communities across America,” Garcetti said in a statement. | “We cannot tolerate these tragedies multiplying in communities across America,” Garcetti said in a statement. |
| Police did not disclose the names or ages of the fatalities or the wounded. The shooting occurred in a residential area of modest homes. Investigators were snapping photographs and scouring the ground in an area that extended over two blocks. | Police did not disclose the names or ages of the fatalities or the wounded. The shooting occurred in a residential area of modest homes. Investigators were snapping photographs and scouring the ground in an area that extended over two blocks. |
| “There was some type of party there,” Lopez said. After the couple left the restaurant and returned, “that’s when the shooting occurred”. | “There was some type of party there,” Lopez said. After the couple left the restaurant and returned, “that’s when the shooting occurred”. |
| Neighbor Sheryl Cobb said she was awakened by screaming and gunfire, but never left her home for fear of getting caught in a crossfire. “Bullets don’t have names on them,” she said. | Neighbor Sheryl Cobb said she was awakened by screaming and gunfire, but never left her home for fear of getting caught in a crossfire. “Bullets don’t have names on them,” she said. |
| LAPD sergeant Frank Preciado told the Los Angeles Times that the restaurant was “a bloody scene with shell casings everywhere”. One firearm was recovered. | LAPD sergeant Frank Preciado told the Los Angeles Times that the restaurant was “a bloody scene with shell casings everywhere”. One firearm was recovered. |
| The Times described the restaurant as a popular Jamaican eatery in a converted house that features a DJ on Friday night. | The Times described the restaurant as a popular Jamaican eatery in a converted house that features a DJ on Friday night. |