Click to expand; the east entrance of the Beverly Center
According to NBC, a person has been shot and killed on the ground level at the Beverly Center:
“The shooting in the 8500 block of Beverly Boulevard was reported at 3:10 p.m., and the victim was taken to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Herrera. The victim died at the hospital.”
The parking lot is still taped off, at least on the east entrance of the mall. KTLA, ABC and NBC news vans are camped out outside, with at least five visible police cars. People can leave on foot, but people with cars in the parking lot are stranded. There are a handful here at Starbucks right now. The photos were taken around 5:15pm, and the scene looks pretty much the same now.
From LA Now:
Updated at 5:40 p.m.: The man, who fled from the mall in a silver Mercedes, was detained at Los Angeles International Airport while trying to board a flight. Police said the shooting took place in valet waiting area of the mall].
UPDATE: Per Manolith, it was rapper Dolla—Roderick Anthony Burton II—who was killed at the Beverly Center, 21 years old and “first discovered by international R&B superstar Akon in Atlanta, GA.”
4 responses so far ↓
1 Crimes—Rapper Dolla Killed at Beverly Center Yesterday // May 19, 2009 at 9:48 am
[...] up on yesterday’s post regarding the shooting at the Beverly Center around 3:10pm, information unfolded in early evening [...]
2 dee // May 19, 2009 at 5:07 pm
what is going on out there? did this guy come all the way from some where els to kill this kid, did he think he was going to kill this kid out in la then fly back to where ever he came from and that was it, la have enough of there own s***t to deal with they don’t need nobody bringing nothing to that place, i’m so sorry about that kid he did not deserve to be killed, he was just starting to live his life and some looser comes and take it away. people revenge belongs to god not us, he can do way more to some one than we can. god bless the family of dolla, and god bless dolla
3 Lady Soo Whoop // May 19, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I feel that this is some fucked up shit i still cant be leave it we black people need to do better but every body really need to not just black. every dam body i feel so sorry for his mom she had to lose her husban now her young son man this is hittin home right here mann we all have to day any way so why lessin some bodies life thats sick.
4 Reign // May 20, 2009 at 9:50 pm
This is so sad. But this doesnt suprise me. For this world has the chance to experience an African American President. And African American First wife. But still the stupidty is as bold as the sunshine we see everyday. I send my prayers out to the Burton family. Being that people can say things that may get their or someone elses feeling hurt. Then its pushed to the point where they feel THEY have the right to chose if that person LIVES ANOTHER DAY. INHALE AND BREATHE. This world has no ups. Only downs. I pray for not just the Burton family but the upcoming children in this world. Have mercy on them, people. Do they not deserve that much. Rest in Peace Roderick Anthony Burton II.
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