Glendale, California police He told KABC TV A 37-year-old man armed with a loaded weapon tried to rob two people in an SUV on Sunday night, but the driver, who was also armed, turned the tables and shot the assailant to death.
Police told the station they responded to the 200 block of East Dryden Street around 10:40 p.m. and found a man in the middle of the road suffering from a single gunshot wound.
“If anybody finds themselves in a situation where their life or the life of others is at risk, I will do whatever I can as a member of the community, as a citizen, to protect myself and others.”
KABC reported that investigators determined the man they found — identified Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office as Edward Mason — approached the two and attempted to rob them. Police added to the station that the driver of the SUV “appeared to have shot Mason and then drove off.”
According to KABC, Mazzon was pronounced dead at the scene and police are searching for two people in the SUV, who authorities say are not suspected of murder but are instead victims. KNBC TV
Glendale Police Department spokesman Sergeant Vahe Abramian told KNBC, “Anything is possible, but at this point we believe they are victims,” he added.
police He told KNBC TV Several people called 911, and more than a dozen neighbors watched as paramedics performed CPR on the man in the middle of Dryden Street near Brann Boulevard.
“I saw paramedics furiously performing chest compressions. [I] “I had no idea what was going on,” resident Terry Robertson told KNBC, “and a minute later they had him covered with a sheet.”
Robertson told the station he supports victims fighting back if they are held at gunpoint: “I think they have to fight back because crime is really getting worse everywhere.”
“If anyone finds themselves in a situation where their life or the life of others is at risk, I as a member of the community, as a citizen, will do whatever I can to protect myself and others,” Avramian told KNBC. “You are ultimately responsible for your own actions, but when it’s a life-and-death situation, it’s your own decision to make.”
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Glendale Police Robbery/Homicide detectives at 818-548-3987 or the police department at 818-549-4911, according to KABC.
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