2 people hospitalized after shooting near daycare in Granada Hills
Two people were transported to the hospital after a shooting near the Kids Dream Learning Center in Granada Hills on Tuesday afternoon.
Los Angeles Fire Department officials said that the victims, both women, were in stable condition and that no children were injured during the incident.
Investigators said the shooting started just after 12:30 p.m. at a daycare in the 17300 block of W. Firma Court, according to Los Angeles police. By the time they arrived, the alleged shooter had already fled the scene in a grey Tesla.
The suspect, who has not yet been named, was later taken into custody near Sherman Way and Balboa Boulevard, according to the LAPD Captain Kathleen Burns. She said that investigators believe the gunman had a connection to the two women shot, but did not provide further details.
Police said that they also recovered a shotgun when they took the suspect into custody.
Burns said there were children at the daycare when the shooting happened, but that they were not in the same room. Investigators believe the suspect used a shotgun.
Worried parents rushed to the daycare after learning of the shooting, where police were waiting to make sure the families were safely reunited.
"I'm just happy I'm with my kids, and all the families are with their kids, that's the most important," said one father.
The situation that led up to the shooting is not immediately known and investigators are still working to determine a motive.
CBS News Los Angeles learned that one hour prior to the shooting, one of the victims got a restraining order against the suspect.
"Clearly he was agitated during the hearing, but ... I couldn't pick up any signs that he would do something like this," said Ashley Leung, an attorney for one of the victims. "It's a very extreme reaction."
Leung said that a temporary restraining order was previously requested but denied by a judge.
"It's my belief that potentially had that one been granted, that maybe they would've been removed from his possession by this point," she said.
