Video shows moments before gunman opens fire on Mission Hills barbershop, wounding one

Family speaks out as barber shot while working in Mission Hills remains hospitalized

New video shows the moments that a gunman walked up to a barbershop in Mission Hills before opening fire last week. 

The incident, which happened on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at around 3:30 p.m., left one of the barbers, 23-year-old Anthony Rodarte, with critical injuries, according to family members. 

Surveillance footage from outside of Prodigy Barbershop, located at 15519 Blackhawk Street, shows the unknown person walking up to the door of the shop while pulling a gun from their jacket pocket. 

They disappear from the screen for a moment before running through the parking lot and getting on an e-scooter which they used to flee the area. 

Anthony Rodarte, the 23-year-old barber who was shot while working in Mission Hills on Wednesday, Dec. 11.  Michelle Moreno

Michelle Moreno, the victim's mother, says that Rodarte has helped to provide for their family for several years. 

"It's sad because he's done MMA for so many years," she said. "We're told that he'll probably never be able to do that again."

Family members nor Rodarte have any idea why the barbershop was targeted, or who the gunman could be. 

"Just seeing him laying in the bed is killing me, I wish it was me," Moreno said. "I think with everything done right now, my main anxiety is dealing with his medical condition, yes. ... The fact that this person hasn't been caught is making me not able to sleep ... I can't even think straight."

Los Angeles Police Department officers have not yet made any arrests. 

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