School Official Wounded in Robbery Attempt
A Los Angeles school district official was slightly wounded during an apparent “follow-home robbery” attempt in the underground garage of his Tarzana condominium, Los Angeles police said Thursday.
Daniel M. Isaacs, 50, assistant superintendent in charge of high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, was treated for a shoulder wound and released from Tarzana Medical Center after the shooting Wednesday night, Detective Robert Johansen said.
Isaacs and his wife, Sandy, had just driven into the condominium garage when the gunman slipped through the open garage door, Johansen said. Sandy Isaacs screamed and Isaacs confronted the man, who fired twice and fled.
In late 1988 and early 1989, the West San Fernando Valley area near Ventura Boulevard was plagued by more than 40 follow-home robberies. Johansen said that Wednesday’s robbery, though similar, did not appear to be related.
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