LOS ANGELES_Los Angeles police descended a Trader Joe's in Silver Lake near downtown Los Angeles Saturday afternoon after a gunman opened fired outside the store at end of a police pursuit, sending shoppers diving for cover.
Los Angeles Police Department officers had swarmed around the store around 4 p.m.
The incident began as a pursuit from Hollywood that ended with a car crashing next to the store. Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the gunman opened fire on officers and ran inside the store. It was unclear whether any hostages remained in the store or if any shoppers or employees were hurt, but TV footage showed police tending to one person who appeared to be injured.
Several shoppers described on social media a terrifying scene of gunfire, people running for cover and hiding as the gunman ran into the store. One shopper said was in front of the store when the pursuit ended. She said a man opened fire and officers fired back. She sought cover behind a retaining wall.
A woman at a Gelson's supermarket across the street said gunfire was heard in that store and that everyone dove to the floor. She said employees eventually let shoppers out.
