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| House where shooting took place on Glenda here in Cerritos (in the middle) |
By Randy Economy
Reporter
Los Cerritos Community News
CERRITOS
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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.
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| Pierre Tisbe: "I grabbed my children and hit the ground to avoid the bullets." |
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.”
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| 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.
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| Crime scene on Glenda Street in Cerritos. All photos by Randy Economy www.LosCerritosNews.net |
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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