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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Gunman &#8216;takes hostages and opens fire&#8217; inside a Trader Joe&#8217;s in Los Angeles after he was chased by cops for &#8216;shooting his girlfriend and grandmother&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">The 21-year-old suspect is believed to have shot his grandmother and 20-year-old girlfriend earlier, before dumping the injured girlfriend in his car and fleeing the scene</span><br />
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Suspect after police chase fled into a Trader Joe&#8217;s after firing at police</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Police returned fire, and thought to have hit the suspect, while trying to evacuate customers and employees</strong></span></h6>
<h6><b><span style="color: #000000;">Sources believe at least as many as 30 people remain inside the supermarke</span></b><span style="color: #000000;">t</span></h6>
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The gunman gave himself up to police aroungd 6pm</strong></h6>
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<div>A man in his late teens has been arrested after a shooting his grandmother, fleeing police, shooting his girlfriend and then holding up to 30 people hostage at a Trader Joe&#8217;s in Los Angeles. The man, who police say is of African-American appearance, man had handcuffed himself and emerged from the Trader Joe&#8217;s store in Silverlake, Los Angeles, with four hostages after coordinating with LAPD officers.</div>
<div>The hostage taker begun his crime spree in Hollywood before police chased him to Silverlake, where he crashed into a street pole outside the supermarket and ran into the store on Saturday afternoon. He then barricaded himself inside.</div>
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<p data-page="1">Police were engaged in a tense standoff with the gunman who exchanged shots with officers at the end of a police pursuit before running into the store.</p>
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<p>Witnesses described a terrifying scene Saturday afternoon, as shoppers dived for cover amid the gun battle.</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-296560" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gunman-takes-hostages-and-opens-fire-inside-a-Trader-Joes-in-Los-Angeles-1.jpg" alt="Gunman 'takes hostages and opens fire' inside a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles 1.JPG" width="755" height="411" /></strong><strong>Los Angeles police report shooting suspect at Trader Joe&#8217;s &#8211; Police swarmed a Trader Joes in Silverlake on Saturday afternoon after a gunman barricaded himself inside</strong></h6>
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<p>Law enforcement sources told the<a class="class" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-trader-joe-silver-lake-20180721-story.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> Los Angeles Times</a> the injured woman is the shooter&#8217;s girlfriend, and he had fired at officers before he ran inside the supermarket.<br />
The suspect&#8217;s vehicle was seen wrapped around a pole and police rescued a woman left inside.<br />
The incident began as family dispute South Los Angeles involving a man in his late teens. Police said he shot his grandmother and a second woman at her residence.</p>
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<div>LAPD told <a class="class" href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/07/21/reports-of-possible-active-shooter-at-silver-lake-trader-joes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">KCAL </a>the suspect had shot his grandmother and girlfriend about 1.30pm, before fleeing the scene. He the took off with the wounded woman in a Toyota Camry. At some point, police began chasing his car, and that pursuit ended with a car crashing into a light post outside the Trader Joe’s.</div>
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<p>Police said the gunman opened fire on officers and ran inside the store, the sources said.</p>
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<p>Officers fired on the suspect and believe he might have been hurt during the exchange. The 20-year-old girlfriend was taken to hospital. There was no word on her condition.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-296566" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gunman-takes-hostages-and-opens-fire-inside-a-Trader-Joes-in-Los-Angeles-7.jpg" alt="Gunman 'takes hostages and opens fire' inside a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles 7.jpg" width="1400" height="933" /><strong>Local media reported that LAPD officers chased the suspect from Hollywood to Silver Lake, where he opened fire inside the Trader Joe&#8217;s market on Hyperion Avenue.</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Officers began pursuing the suspect in Hollywood, and they arrived at the supermarket on Hyperion Avenue about 3.30pm.<br />
Law enforcement are working to evacuate employees and customers, including small children, with at least one person seen fleeing with injuries.<br />
While many were seen fleeing from the supermarket, it is believed there are still as many as 30 people inside.<br />
Police have SWAT vehicles in position and an emergency triage area set up as the situation continues.<br />
After the suspect&#8217;s car crashed into a street lamp outside, LAPD officers ran over, and opened fire.&#8217;<br />
People who had been evacuated said the gunman &#8216;walked in shooting&#8217;, demanded a jumper and a phone, and moved the remaining hostages to the back of the store.</p>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-296561" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gunman-takes-hostages-and-opens-fire-inside-a-Trader-Joes-in-Los-Angeles-2.jpg" alt="Gunman 'takes hostages and opens fire' inside a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles 2" width="691" height="504" />A cop is seen carrying a child to safety, away from the besieged store</strong></h6>
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<div>An employee reported there was &#8216;blood all over the floor&#8217;, but they did not know where it&#8217;d come from. He says another employee said one Trader Joe&#8217;s worker was shot in the arm.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Field&#8217;s account has not been confirmed by any official sources.<br />
Police say the situation is ongoing as of 8pm EDT. &#8216;<br />
&#8216;We can confirm that there is an active barricaded suspect within a Trader Joe&#8217;s in Silverlake,&#8217; a statement read.<br />
&#8216;An active tac-alert has been declared to ensure all resources necessary will be available. Please continue to stay clear of the area.&#8217;</p>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-296562" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gunman-takes-hostages-and-opens-fire-inside-a-Trader-Joes-in-Los-Angeles-3.jpg" alt="Gunman 'takes hostages and opens fire' inside a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles 3" width="720" height="396" />The suspect entered the store after crashing their car outside following a police car chase</strong></h6>
<div>Aerial footage from local TV stations NBC Los Angeles and CBS Los Angeles showed people leaving a store window using a rope ladder and police carrying children to safety through a parking lot in the city’s Silver Lake neighborhood.</div>
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Gunman on the run after ‘shooting his girlfriend and grandmother, takes hostages and opens fire’ inside a Trader Joe’s in Los Angeles – Gunman gives himself up
