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Santa Monica Gunman Ambushed Cop, Shot Kids In Waymo, Say Police – Update


Around or about lunchtime, an officer was injured today in a shooting in Santa Monica, prompting a search for a suspect at the Santa Monica Place Mall.

Santa Monica Police issued an alert around 1:30 p.m., urging the public to avoid Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue, where the mall is located. The incident comes just two days after two kids riding in a Wayo were shot adjacent to the mall, at the corner of 2 nd Street and Broadway around 11:38 p.m. “Preliminary information indicates the shooting was a targeted and isolated incident that followed a verbal altercation earlier in the evening between the victims and the suspect,” Santa Monica police said.

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