A gaggle of suspects led police on a cross-county pursuit after allegedly opening hearth and operating over a lady on the Vogue Island Mall.
Newport Police Division detectives mentioned the incident began at about 3:30 p.m. when the suspects robbed a 69-year-old lady from New Zealand and her husband exterior the Barnes and Noble. The suspects then jumped right into a white automotive and ran over the lady, killing her.
Officers mentioned the suspects then opened hearth as they drove away.
“I am livid,” Mayor Will O’Neill mentioned. “I am horrified. I am mourning the lack of somebody who died inside our metropolis due to crime … It is a tragedy and I am livid.”
The Newport Seashore Fireplace Division mentioned once they arrived on the space, they discovered an individual lifeless within the car parking zone simply exterior of the buying heart’s Barnes and Noble.
“These are thugs and each neighborhood is now coping with this,” O’Neill mentioned. “We now have to do higher as a society as a result of we can not tolerate this.”
Witnesses mentioned they heard three to 4 gunshots earlier than everybody tried to search out cowl. Officers requested residents to keep away from the realm whereas they continued their investigation.
“I anticipated to go and repair my sun shades,” shopper Rachel West mentioned. “I did not know that there was going to be against the law scene and lifeless physique once I bought right here.”
Authorities began chasing the alleged suspects shortly after the taking pictures. The automotive led police into Los Angeles County after a pair of suspects jumped out close to Los Alamitos.
The suspects hit 110 mph whereas on the westbound 105 Freeway. After exiting the freeway, two extra males jumped out of the automotive and began operating round a close-by South Gate neighborhood.
Police discovered one of many suspects hiding behind trash cans at a close-by home.
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Officers positioned and arrested three suspects, together with the one discovered hiding behind trash cans in South Gate.
