Security guard killed at Panorama City strip mall, LAPD says
A security guard was shot and killed near a liquor store in a Panorama City strip mall, Los Angeles police said Thursday night.
The guard was gunned down shortly before 10 p.m. in the 15000 block of Roscoe Boulevard, Lt. Paul Vernon of the Los Angeles Police Department told The Times.
It was not immediately known what sparked the violence. Homicide detectives were en route to the crime scene late Thursday.
Since January 2007, at least 15 homicides have been reported in Panorama City, according to a Times Homicide Report database.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call (877) 527-3247.
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