LOS ANGELES, CA. (THECOUNT) — In an apparent random act of violence, Gerry Zaragoza allegedly shot and killed several people after exiting a bus in the area of Woodley Avenue and Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys on Thursday.
Los Angeles County coroner’s officials have identified three of the four victims killed in Thursday’s shooting rampage in the San Fernando Valley as 56-year-old Carlos I. Zaragoza, 33-year-old Carlos P. Zaragoza and 45-year-old Azucena Lepe. The fourth victim was identified only as an African American male in his 50s. That victim’s name was withheld pending notification of next of kin, reports KTLA.
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The violent crime rampage left four people dead and two others injured, investigators are still trying to determine what prompted Thursday’s series of shootings in the San Fernando Valley.
Authorities believe, 26-year-old Zaragoza is responsible for the 12-hour long ordeal that began and ended in Canoga Park, but included four separate crime scenes and prompted a San Fernando Valley-wide tactical alert.
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Geo quick facts: Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Home to Van Nuys Airport and the Valley Municipal Building, it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley – Wikipedia.