LAPD Shoot Suspect and Kill Innocent Teenage Girl In Tragedy

The LAPD shot and killed a suspect and a 14-year-old girl on Thursday morning.

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Someone called 911 after hearing arguing and “gunshots” inside a Burlington store.

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Officers arrived on the scene and opened fire at the suspect.

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The male suspect was killed and his identity has yet to be disclosed.

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One of the bullets went through the wall and struck a 14-year-old girl in a dressing room.

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She had been trying on dresses with her mother for her quinceanera.

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It was unclear if her mother was present in the dressing room at the time of the shooting.

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The woman believed to be the victim of the assault was loaded into an ambulance.

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The LAPD revealed that they could not find a gun at the scene.

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