Three die in Burbank murder-suicide
Here's a early version of the story Eugene and Rick are chasing after. From the sound of it in the newsroom, things were pretty nasty.
BURBANK - Three people are dead and a fourth was injured today following an apparent murder-suicide shooting in a quite residential neighborhood, police said.
At about 5:25 p.m., police responded to reports of a man with a gun and people screaming at an apartment complex in the 600 block of E. Cypress Avenue, said Burbank Police Department Sgt. Matt Ferguson.
Burbank Police Chief Tim Stehr said as police arrived on the scene more shots rang out. Police do not believe the man was aiming at the responding officers.
Police believe the shooter is among the dead, Stehr said. Officers found shooting victims throughout the apartment complex, including one outside. The fourth victim was taken to an area hospital. At least one of the dead is a woman, Stehr said.
Stehr acknowledged that violence of this magnitude is a rare occurrence in Burbank.
"It is unusual for Burbank," Stehr said. "It's a quite neighborhood."