Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Encino Man Shot and Killed in Possible Home-Invasion Robbery
A .45 caliber bullet casing was found, but no gun was recovered, police say.
Update, 6:22 a.m., Thursday: A man of about 80 was shot and killed Thursday morning in what may have been a home-invasion robbery inside a house in an upscale Encino neighborhood, police said.
KNX radio said homicide detectives were investigating the possibility of a home-invasion.
The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 5300 block of Andasol Avenue, just south of the Ventura (101) Freeway, said a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley Station.
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The man was taken to a hospital, where he died, said LAPD Officer Cleon Joseph of the Media Relations office. Authorities withheld his name, pending notification of his relatives.
-- City News Service contributed to this report
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Previous story: A man of about 80 suffered a gunshot wound Thursday morning inside a house in an upscale Encino neighborhood , police said.
The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 5300 block of Andasol Avenue, just south of the Ventura (101) Freeway, said a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley Station. The man was taken to a hospital, but his condition was not made available.
The circumstances of the shooting were under investigation, the officer said.
A .45 caliber bullet casing was found, but no gun was recovered, a police investigator told a news photographer at the scene. The man's wife was home at the time, the investigator said.
-- City News Service
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