Motive still uncertain in former Azusa man’s Hollywood shooting rampage

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HOLLYWOOD — A 26-year-old former Azusa resident who opened fire on cars randomly at a busy Hollywood intersection Friday before being fatally shot by police has been identified, officials said.
Tyler Brehm died at the scene of the bizarre incident, which unfolded shortly after 10 a.m. at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz said. A city of residency was not listed.
Azusa police described him as a former resident of an Arrow Highway apartment complex in that city. He moved out several months ago, but it was not clear Saturday how long he had lived there.
A 40-year-old man who was struck by one of Brehm’s bullets during the rampage was hospitalized with serious injuries but expected to survive, officials said.
Clad in a sleeveless undershirt, Brehm showed up at the intersection and began firing indiscriminately at passing vehicles, officials said.
In an amateur video shot during the incident, the gunman is seen firing his handgun into the passenger compartment of a passing pickup truck at close range.
A motive in the shooting was unknown, however Brehm was heard screaming “kill me” and “I’m gonna die” during the rampage.
While Los Angeles police have not revealed any motive in the shooting, a Facebook page established for Tyler Brehm may provide some insight.
Brehm’s relationship status on a Facebook profile was changed Tuesday from “in relationship” to “single,” the same day Brehm’s hometown was changed to Hollywood.
No mentions of the shooting or Brehm’s death appeared Saturday afternoon on the online profile.
Several items on his Facebook page had changed between Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon.
His “interests” were listed Saturday morning as “knowledge,” “conversation,” “friendship,” “family,” and “military intelligence.” By the afternoon, the “military intelligence” entry had been removed, and replaced with “dog.”
The “movies” preferences section of the profile had also been taken down Saturday. It previously read, “Anything with a bad ass… Money… And a lot of guns.”
In an interview with KTLA 5, Brehm’s ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Alicia Alligood, said she dated Brehm for four years before they broke up earlier this month. They had met when both lived in Pennsylvania.
She said lately, Brehm had seen “really stressed out,” and possibly had recently started taking some kind of pills, which was out of character for him.
She described him to the TV station as being a “humanitarian” in the past who was involved in nonprofit work.
He sent a text message to her only minutes before the shooting telling her he loved her, she said.

PHOTO of Tyler Brehm taken from Facebook

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