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Update: Gunman Dead in Azusa Shooting, 'Not Election-Related'

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Police are responding to an active shooting in Azusa.  ((KTLA-TV Channel 5))

Update, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday: AZUSA — Authorities say a gunman is dead after killing a man and critically wounding two women not far from two polling places that were closed as a result.

They say the assault rifle attack in the Los Angeles suburb of Azusa wasn't election-related.

The two polling sites were shut down for several hours Tuesday while officers surrounded a home where the gunman's body was found. One later reopened.

Authorities called to the scene got into a gunbattle and police say it's unclear whether they fatally wounded the gunman or he killed himself. No officers were hurt.

The shooting took place not far from several schools, including one that was serving as a polling place, and across the street from a park that also had a polling site.

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Police don't have a specific motive for the shootings.

The names of the gunman and the dead man haven't been released. The wounded victims are described as two women in their mid-50s.

Update, 6:20 p.m. Tuesday: Someone with an assault rifle killed one person and wounded two others Tuesday near two Los Angeles-area polling sites that were locked down as a result.

The suspect then began shooting at arriving officers who returned fire before they took cover near a park, Azusa Police Chief Steve Hunt said.

One person was down at the front door of a home but Hunt couldn't immediately say whether that person was the shooter.

Police Officer Jerry Willison said the person was believed to be dead.

Elections officials say one of the polling sites later reopened. Voters were being urged to seek nearby polling places. The motive of the shooting was unknown and it was unclear if it had anything to do with the election.

"It's still too early to tell," Hunt said. "It appears to be concentrated on the residential side, not the polling station."

No officers were hurt.

Hunt said police were looking for a female suspect. He did not know if she had been wounded or killed in the exchange of gunfire with police.

Witnesses described the shooter as a man, and police could not immediately clear up the confusion.

Original Post:

One person has been killed and multiple people have been injured in a shooting near Azusa's Memorial Park in Los Angeles County Tuesday afternoon. The shooting took place near a local polling station.

According to the Azusa Police Department's Twitter account, the incident began at 2:02 p.m. with reports of shots fired near Memorial Park near 320 N. Orange Ave. The first arriving officers found multiple shooting victims, then came under fire. They are reporting one fatality, two victims in critical conditional and one additional victim.

 

According to the L.A. Times, L.A. County Sheriff's Capt. Jeff Scroggin said police were dealing with at least one heavily armed suspect.

Azusa Police have asked all residents to shelter in place, and urged residents not in the area to stay away.
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The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear. Police appear to have set up a perimeter in the area.

Two schools — Slauson Middle School and Mountain View Elementary School — were placed on lockdown, Fox 11 reports.

Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan said two polling locations — Memorial Park and Dalton Elementary in Azusa — are currently impacted. Logan urged voters to avoid the area and, "if necessary, (to) cast a ballot at an alternate polling location."

This post includes reporting from the Associated Press.

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