Crime & Safety
Sheriff's Deputy, Brother, Escape Altadena Shooting Attack
The deputy and his brother were inside a personal vehicle which was hit by at least one bullet, officials said.
A deputy and his brother in Altadena escaped injury Saturday when three shots were fired at them in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported.
The shootings occurred about 3:40 a.m. near Harriet Street and Lincoln
Avenue, as a dark-colored Lexus sedan pulled up beside the deputy's personal
vehicle's driver's side.
A passenger in the suspect car fired three rounds before the driver sped off.
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Deputies searched the area but could not locate the suspect vehicle. Sheriff's Investigators asked that anyone who saw the shooting call 626-798-1131.
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