Two persons were killed and three injured in shootings at four 7-Eleven stores in Southern California, authorities said.
A shooting occurred at a 7-Eleven store in Brea, a city in northern Orange County, at about 4:18 a.m. on Monday, leaving a man dead, according to the Brea Police Department.
“Our preliminary investigation suggests that the clerk was killed during a robbery. We later learned that a similar incident took place at a 7-Eleven at La Habra,” the Department tweeted. La Habra is a city in the northwestern corner of Orange County. The La Habra Police Department said in a press release that their officers responded at about 4:55 a.m. to a robbery at a 7-Eleven store, Xinhua news agency reported. ‘Officers arrived at the location and discovered two victims that were suffering from gunshot wounds,” said the La Habra Police Department, adding that both victims were transported to a local hospital and are in a stable condition. The Santa Ana Police Department also said a man was fatally shot at 3:25 a.m. at a 7- Eleven store in the city, the seat of Orange County.