PASADENA — A man showed up at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena after apparently being shot by a security guard during a failed robbery in Los Angeles, authorities said.
Hospital officials reported a gunshot wound victim had arrived in the emergency room about 12:06 p.m., Pasadena police Lt. Tom Pederson said.
The man, who was wounded in the arm, was brought to the hospital by his girlfriend, he said.
The wounded man and his girlfriend gave “conflicting information” about what had happened, Lt. Tracey Ibarra said.
After further investigation, police found that the wounded man was a suspect in a robbery who had been shot by a security guard, Interim Police Chief Christpher Vicino said in a written statement.
“After a lengthy interview, the police officers determined the suspect was on parole and was shot by a security guard in the City of Los Angeles,” Vicino said. “The guard stopped the suspect from robbing a store.”
The wounded suspect was treated at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena and discharged later in the day, Vicino said.
No further information was available.
Pasadena police said the investigation was turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department, and LAPD officials said they had no information about the incident late Thursday.
The information initially given by the girlfriend led police to the 100 block of East Claremont Street, police said.
Officers briefly closed the street and canvassed the neighborhood, Pederson said, but neighbors did not report hearing gunshots and police found no evidence of a shooting.