Thursday, October 06, 2011

BREAKING LCC NEWS: Two shot on Glenda Street in Cerritos in errant home robbery

House where shooting took place on Glenda here in Cerritos (in the middle)
By Randy Economy
Reporter
Los Cerritos Community News

CERRITOS –
A pristine Cerritos neighborhood near Artesia Boulevard and Shoemaker Avenue turned into a bloody scene Wednesday night, when three suspected home burglars picked the wrong house to stage their errant robbery attempt.
Pierre Tisbe: "I grabbed my children and hit the ground to avoid the bullets."
Two suspected burglars were shot and wounded by an off-duty L.A. County Sheriff's deputy who says he found them trying to break into his tented home that was in the final stages of being fumigated
The home involved in the incident is at the 12900 block of Glenda Street and neighbors told Los Cerritos Community News that they heard between eight and nine gunshots ring out at around 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday night.
Pierre Tisbe, a resident of Cerritos who lives four doors away from the location where the shootings took place, told LCCN that he was listening to music, when his wife started to scream that “someone is shooting outside.”
Tisbe quickly grabbed his two small children, and his wife and “we hit the ground.” 
“It was like a shooting gallery outside our window,” Tisbe said.
In a media statement, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s stated that “the off duty sergeant walked into his backyard and was confronted by three men who were exiting his residence.”
Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at the scene of the wild shooting in Cerritos.
“He ordered the suspects to stop, and to raise their hands and a physical altercation ensued, resulting in a deputy involved shooting,” the statement read.
The two suspects were transported to a local hospital, where they are being treated for non-life threatening gunshot wounds.  The third suspect fled the scene, and as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, is still at large.
The off duty sergeant received minor injuries, and his name has not been released and a formal investigation has been opened.
Crime scene on Glenda Street in Cerritos.  All photos by Randy Economy www.LosCerritosNews.net
Tisbe said, “this type of stuff doesn’t happen here in Cerritos.”  “Don’t don’t think it can happen on your street, but when it does, it really shakes you up emotionally,” he said.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, 323-890-5500.

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