Recent shootings 2 days ago occurred in a bowling alley apparently after a large fight broke out. 3 black men shot dead and at least 4 more men shot. No suspects arrested. 4 years ago in the parking lot of the same bowling alley a black woman was shot and killed.
A shooting 7 months ago occurred in a shopping center parking lot apparently involving drugs. 1 black man shot dead, and 4 black men arrested for the murder.
The 3 shootings occurred close to midnight.
3 dead, 4 injured in bowling alley shooting near Los Angeles – police
3 dead, 4 injured in bowling alley shooting near Los Angeles – police
Published time: 5 Jan, 2019 09:24
Edited time: 6 Jan, 2019 10:43
A shooting at a bowling alley in Torrance, California has killed three people and left four others wounded, local police have said, adding that locals should stay away from the area as an investigation is still underway.
The Torrance Police Department confirmed in an initial tweet that there were “reports of shots fired with multiple victims down” at Gable House Bowl. The tweet made no mention of whether any suspects had been apprehended, but said that an investigation is underway and urged people to “stay away from the area.”
Law enforcement later said that three men died at the scene, while four male victims were injured.
Torrance is a located about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Los Angeles.
A local reporter who arrived at the scene said that a fight at the bowling alley escalated into a shooting. A video taken in the parking lot of the bowling alley shows people screaming and crying.
A witness interviewed by the Los Angeles Times said he hid for 15 minutes behind a bar after hearing gunfire.
"We heard there was a big fight before that. We just ran into the bar and we just took cover because after the fight we heard pop pop," Jesus Perez told the paper. He said he heard around four gunshots.
4 men arrested in fatal parking lot shooting in Torrance; police say it was not random – Daily Breeze
4 men arrested in fatal parking lot shooting in Torrance; police say it was not random
By MEGAN BARNES |
mbarnes@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: July 18, 2018 at 6:07 pm | UPDATED: July 18, 2018 at 8:03 pm
Four men have been arrested in the fatal shooting last month of a man in a Home Depot parking lot in Torrance in what detectives believe was an attempted robbery involving narcotics, police said Wednesday.
The suspects ages 18 to 26 were arrested over the past month in the June 19 slaying of Bronze Ibe, 28, of Torrance, who was found shot in a vehicle in the Torrance Crossroads shopping center on the corner of Crenshaw and Lomita Boulevards about 11:40 p.m. that night, police said in a news release. Ibe later died at a hospital.
The suspects were identified as Jahanzaib Anwar, 26, of Los Angeles; Keveyon Whitmore, 21, of Littlerock; Monair Anderson, 19, of Los Angeles; and Ryan Sanders, 18, of Lancaster.
The victim knew the assailants and the crime “was not random,” Torrance police Sgt. Paul Kranke said.
“At this point, we just know he associated with them through witness statements,” he said. “It appears there was a dispute over narcotics and an attempt to rob him that night.”
The shooting is not believed to be gang-related, Kranke added. Witnesses at the scene were interviewed by investigators, he said.
The arrests were made over the past 3 1/2 weeks, with Anwar apprehended two days after the shooting and Sanders taken into custody on Monday, jail records show. Police said the men have been charged with murder and robbery, though detailed charging information was not immediately available Wednesday evening.
Kranke said no suspects are outstanding and “there is no ongoing threat to the public.”
Los Angeles County court records show Anderson pleaded no contest to assault in January 2017, and Anwar was charged in 2013 with possession of drug paraphernalia, but the case was dismissed. Whitmore has convictions for driving with a suspended license, records show. In March, he pleaded not guilty in a Downey courtroom to possessing a controlled substance.
