A juvenile female was shot and killed inside a residence in Arcadia, California, on Thursday morning, the Arcadia Police Department said in a release issued at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 22. Police have withheld her name, and Awaaz Punjab is not naming or identifying her in line with its minor-safety rule.
Source: Arcadia Police Department via Arcadia's Best
Officers responded at about 11 a.m. to the 800 block of West Huntington Drive after a caller reported a disturbance and said a man inside the residence had fired a gun, the department said. When officers arrived, the man had fled and officers discovered the girl suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.
MyNewsLA, citing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, also reported that Arcadia police and county homicide detectives responded at around 11 a.m. to the same block and that the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, with no suspect description or motive immediately released.
Source: MyNewsLA
Second scene in Pasadena
Later on Thursday, a man was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Glenarm Street and Arroyo Parkway in neighbouring Pasadena. Pasadena city spokesperson Lisa Derderian initially said the person was seriously injured shortly after 1 p.m.; preliminary reports later said he died after being taken to hospital. The LA Times reported, citing police, that the man was the suspected shooter in the Arcadia killing and had attempted suicide in Pasadena, and ABC7 reported two people dead as police investigated two linked scenes in Arcadia and Pasadena. Police have not publicly released the man's identity, and investigators have not publicly disclosed a motive or the relationship, if any, between the two people.
The case is being handled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Division. Anyone with information can contact the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-222-8477.
Neighbours told NBC4 they heard arguing inside an apartment complex followed by gunfire before police arrived in Arcadia. Those accounts are witness descriptions reported by NBC4, not findings by investigators. The investigation is continuing, and this story will be updated as police release verified details.