Security Guard Is Shot to Death at Restaurant
A security guard was shot to death outside a restaurant early Saturday after an argument in the parking lot escalated, authorities said.
A man got out of a black Honda about 3:45 a.m. and fired a handgun, apparently at patrons on the east side of the Brite Spot restaurant on Firestone Boulevard, said Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities are seeking information on the gunman, who was accompanied by two women in the Honda.
Gerardo Gutierrez, 25, of Los Angeles, who worked for the restaurant, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The circumstances of the argument were unknown.
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