LOS ANGELES: One person was killed and at least three wounded in gunfire on Tuesday near a polling station in the Southern California town of Azusa, prompting authorities to lock down the polling place, a surrounding park and adjacent schools, police said. The suspect was believed to be holed up in the vicinity, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. There was no immediate indication that the incident was related to Election Day or the polling station, said Deputy Vincent Plair, a spokesman for sheriff’s department. A dispatcher answering phones at a nearby fire station that also was serving as a polling place said that location remained opened to voters. Law enforcement officers came under fire and were initially pinned down as they arrived on the scene, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Los Angeles, according to accounts from Azusa police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.

Source: New Strait Times November 09, 2016 00:45 UTC