Owner of Sunland Bar Shoots, Kills Patron Brandishing Gun
A Tujunga man who threatened patrons of a Sunland bar was shot and killed by the bar’s owner, Los Angeles police said Sunday.
Robert Paul Schneider, 44, was thrown out of the Pit Stop Bar and Grill about 8:30 p.m. Saturday after he argued with other patrons, Sgt. William Figueroa said. Schneider returned to the bar, in the 7900 block of Foothill Boulevard, an hour later with a handgun, Figueroa said.
The bar’s owner, J. F. Freeman, 31, who was tending bar, grabbed a shotgun and shot Schneider, police said.
Freeman, also of Tujunga, was questioned by police but was not arrested pending an investigation, Figueroa said.
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