7-Eleven shootings: Two dead and multiple injured after gunfire erupts at stores across California
AT LEAST two people are dead and multiple others hurt after four shootings at 7-Eleven stores on Monday morning.
Southern California police have launched an investigation into whether at least two of the shootings are connected as a suspect picture was released.
The first shooting occurred at 2 am at a 7-Eleven in Riverside, CA.
Police were called to the scene around 1.50am after receiving a call from a store employee, according to CBS News.
A customer, who was in the store, was shot in the head, Fox News reported.
The store employee wasn’t harmed during the shooting. Investigators said that the suspect stole items from the store but no money.
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It’s unknown if the victim intervened with the suspect before they were shot. The identities of the victim or suspect haven’t been released.
The second shooting, this time happening at 3:23 a.m. at a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana, concluded in the death of a man.
Police have released a photo of the alleged suspect in the Santa Ana and Brea shooting.
Fox News reported that police found the man in the convenience store’s parking lot with a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
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Authorities believe that the victim was connected to the robbery at this location.
The third shooting happened at 4.18am in Brea, where another man died at the scene.
Police since released a picture of the suspect in this shooting as they launch a manhunt.
The last shooting happened around 5am in La Habra.
Two people, a 7- Eleven employee and a man, were sitting in a car outside the store when they were both shot.
Both people are expected to survive.
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Police recovered a cash register that was on the floor from the scene
Authorities are investigating all of the shootings.