Kamren Nettles, 18, was arrested the next day and has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and to murder for the death of Culberson during the holdup.Īuthorities said they're still searching for suspects identified as Kahlel Malik Lundy, 23, and Keith Terrion Rachel, 21. "It scared me," said Carolyn Um, a store clerk next door who called the police, CBS Los Angeles reported. The guard, who wore a protective vest, was treated at a hospital for gunshot wounds to his face and neck and was released, the Sheriff's Department said.Ī short time later, Justin Culberson, 18, turned up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and died later that night. A second suspect also fires at the guard, video shows.Īll four men then scramble to the front of the store and cower behind shelves, with at least three shooting at the guard before they manage to escape. The guard ducks and falls to the floor behind the counter as glass shatters while the robber backs up and trips over one of his accomplices. The guard starts to pull a handgun from a holster and the robber fires. One pulls a gun from his waistband and points it at the guard's face. Video from a surveillance camera shows the security guard standing behind the counter when four men enter the store. on April 3 at the Smoke Shop in Compton, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. #LASD Homicide Bureau Seeking Homicide Suspects, #Compton – /scfPEKhp4KĪnyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s homicide bureau at 32.Dramatic video shows deadly shootout in California smoke shop: "They're pretty brazen"Īuthorities on Wednesday released dramatic video of a shootout at a Southern California smoke shop last month that killed a robber and wounded a security guard.Ī second suspect has been captured and two other men are being sought for the armed robbery that occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Two of the robbers, identified as Kahlel Lundy, 23, and Keith Rachel, 21, remain on the loose and are wanted for murder, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. His identity was not released.Ī second suspect, who also wasn’t named, was arrested Wednesday, LASD said in a press release.
He died from his wounds, the New York Post reported. The guard somehow managed to escape despite the onslaught, LASD said, though he was treated in the hospital for gunshot wounds to the head and neck.Ībout 30 minutes after the shootout, law enforcement personnel responded to a gunshot victim at Martin Luther King Hospital who turned out to be one of the robbery suspects who’d been shot by the security guard. The robbery suspects are seen firing as they retreated from the encounter. The four suspects scramble and trip over each other as they retreat, yet two appear to continue firing. A security guard is seen ducking for cover as a bullet smashes a glass display at the smoke shop. The worker, who is wearing a “Security” vest, ducks for cover as a bullet causes the glass display case to shatter, the video shows. The employee, who is an armed security guard, drew his own firearm, surprising the suspects, and a “gun battle” ensued, KTLA reported. Suspects pulls guns on an employee at a smoke shop in Compton, California. Tuesday at the shop in the 1500 block of South Wilmington Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.įour suspects entered the business and at least two pulled handguns on the employee behind the counter, video released by authorities shows.
The violent robbery began just before 7:00 p.m. The gun battle left one suspect dead, an employee wounded, one suspect in custody and two others outstanding, according to reports.
COMPTON, Calif – Bullets were flying in a Compton smoke shop during a four-man armed robbery on Tuesday.
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