My Place shooting in Bassett
The early version ... more to follow:
By Dan Abendschein
Staff Writer
BASSETT— Following an argument over how a band should be paid, police said Monday they looking for a man who opened fire in a crowded bar, killing an innocent bystander and wounding four others.
The shooting Saturday night followed a dispute over whether bar patrons should pay extra to hear live music, officials said.
The suspected gunman is described as 6 feet tall, 235 pounds. He is between 35 and 40 years old and was driving a light-colored SUV, said Lt. Dan Rosenberg of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.
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Killed was Bernardo Mendoza, 44, of La Puente, who was gunned down even though he had nothing to do with the dispute over paying the band, Rosenberg said..
Mendoza left behind a wife and two children, according to Rosenberg.
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