A theft suspect who was shot and killed by the proprietor of a tobacco store in Norwalk on Tuesday has been recognized as Rodney Gaston, 25, of Oakland.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies arrived on the purchasing middle within the 1000 block of Firestone Boulevard Tuesday morning to search out Gaston mendacity on the bottom with a bullet wound to his torso.
He was transported to a hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
The proprietor of the Basic Tobacco, who was not named in an announcement launched by the Sheriff’s Division on Sunday, advised deputies he shot the person throughout a theft try.
The proprietor stated he was within the strategy of opening his retailer Tuesday morning when Gaston approached him holding a big canister of pepper spray and a handgun, in keeping with the assertion.
Two different males had been following behind Gaston, the proprietor stated.
After Gaston pepper-sprayed the shop proprietor close to the doorway to the store, he stated he fired a single spherical from his personal handgun, hitting Gaston.
The 2 different males fled to a residential neighborhood northeast of the purchasing middle, the place they had been ultimately detained by deputies.
Deputies recognized them as Lamont Neal, 22, of Stockton and Dashaunte Woods, 26, of Oakland. Neal and Woods have been charged with theft, in keeping with the Sheriff’s Division.
Gaston tried to flee, too, however shortly collapsed.
