Los Angeles County fire officials said they were called to the casino at around 10.15am after reports of a gunshot wound. Officials say that two guards were injured in the incident that took place on Thursday morning at the Hustler Casino in Gardena, which is 15 minutes south of Los Angeles.
According
to report, police are hunting for a gunman who opened fire on an armoured
vehicle during an attempted robbery at a California casino.
The guards
were ambushed as they got out of the vehicle and were fired upon, said Gardena
police Lt. Christopher Cuff.
“From what
I understand, as soon as they got out of the (armored truck) they were met with
gunfire,” Lt. Cuff told reporters during a news conference.
Multiple
shots were fired and at least two suspects fled the scene with money.
One of the
guards was shot and critically injured but is expected to survive. The other
guard suffered cuts and lacerations, Lt. Cuff said.
Law
enforcement was searching the casino and the surrounding areas for the suspect.
A casino patron told KTLA that the scene had been “chaotic.”
“A truck
was getting ready to come in and next thing I know they start pulling out
guns,” Alvin Spencer told the news station.
“That’s
all I was doing, running, because they let off shots, so I had to get the hell
out of there. That’s what I did.”
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