Reward Offered in Hospital Worker’s Killing
The UCLA Medical Center is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fatal shooting of one hospital employee and the wounding of another, a hospital spokesman announced Wednesday.
Diondra Picou, a patient escort, was killed Monday and dispatcher Nora Arellano was wounded when a gunman entered the hospital early in the morning and shot them.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Lt. Jim Kuehn of the UCLA Police Department at 825-1793 or Detective Steve Osti of the Los Angeles Police Department at 312-8408.
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