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California Bowling Alley Shooting Leaves at Least 3 Dead and 4 Injured Bowling Alley Shooting in California Leaves 3 Dead and 4 Injured
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At least three men were killed and four more injured in a shooting at a bowling alley in Torrance, Calif., the police said early Saturday. Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a bowling alley in Torrance, Calif., late Friday night, the police said.
The Torrance Police Department said on Twitter that there had been “reports of shots fired with multiple victims down” at Gable House Bowl in Torrance, a southeastern suburb of Los Angeles. The Torrance Police Department responded just before midnight to reports of shots fired at Gable House Bowl in Torrance, which is about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
The police urged people to “stay away from the area.” Three men were pronounced dead at the scene, the police said, and four more were injured. Two were taken to the hospital, and the others sought medical attention on their own.
Local news outlets said at least three men had been killed and four others injured before midnight. Two were taken to the hospital, and the others sought medical attention, The Associated Press reported. A police spokesman said information about a suspect or motive was unavailable.
No further information was available. Phone calls to the Torrance Police Department seeking comment were not immediately returned. The Los Angeles Times reported that a fight had broken out at the bowling alley. Jesus Perez, who was at the bowling alley, told The Times he ran for cover after hearing gunshots.
Jesus Perez, who was at the bowling alley, told The Los Angeles Times that he had heard about four gunshots. “We heard there was a big fight before that,” he said. “We just ran into the bar and we just took cover because after the fight we heard pop-pop.”
“We just ran right into the bar and took cover. All we heard was just, like two people got shot,” he said. Gable House Bowl did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The bowling alley offers glow bowling, laser tag and an arcade, according to its website. The police said no bowling alley employees were injured.
“We heard there was a big fight before that,” he added. “We just ran into the bar and we just took cover because after the fight we heard pop-pop.” The shooting set off renewed discussion about gun violence, as shootings continue to take place in public spaces, even in California, which has among the toughest gun laws in the nation. In November, a gunman set off smoke bombs and opened fire at a country-music bar, the Borderline Bar & Grill, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., killing 12 people.
The Los Angeles Times reported that people could be seen outside the venue crying, vomiting and clutching one another. Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat of California, said in a tweet that she was heartbroken for the victims of the bowling alley shooting and their loved ones.
One man told the newspaper that he had heard nine shots. “We must do more to address gun violence,” she said. “Americans should be able to go to a bowling alley and be safe.”
In November, a gunman set off smoke bombs and opened fire at a country-music bar, the Borderline Bar & Grill, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., killing at least 12 people. Damone Thomas said in a Facebook video that he witnessed the aftermath of the shooting. He said he was enjoying karaoke when he said people rushed into his area and shouted “gunshot, gunshot, gunshot, gunshot.”
A Marine Corps veteran who had served in Afghanistan, Ian D. Long, was later identified as the suspect. “To realize that the space was invaded, just by one simple thing: a gun,” he said. “How do we get over this? Where can we go? We see it happening in the church, we see it happening in the schools, now it’s happening in the karaoke. It’s happening everywhere, so what can we do? Where can we go?”
The bowling alley’s website said it offered glow bowling, laser tag and a full arcade.
Torrance, which is about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles, has a population of about 147,000.