Security Guard Shot

NORTH HILLS, Calif. (KTLA) — Police are searching for a believe who shot and killed an equipped safety guard at a strip mall in Panorama City.

The fatal shooting happened approximately 10 p.m. Thursday next to Mercado 3 Hermanos in the 15000 obstruct of Roscoe Boulevard.

Establishment have not recognized the victim, but friends and family recognized him as Oscar Vasquez.

He was shot in the head and was pronounced deceased at the sight. Police said his bludgeon was missing.

Vasquez was familiar in the population and had worked at the small mall for 12 years. He plants behind a wife and three daughters.

“He was a fine father. He cared regarding his children very much,” wife Raquel Ortiz said during a translator. She later created a version for donations to the family.

She said he often sent his children cash, and she didn’t identify what she was going to do on her individual now.

The victim’s nephew, Frankie Alvaranga, told KTLA that Vasquez was trained and permitted to carry a handgun, which he had with him.

“His pistol was on his left side, he had his holster on his left side,” Alvaranga said.

“By what I know of tonight, what he did was he tried to pull his pepper cover out first,” he said. “His pepper scatter was established on his right side by the ground.”

The expect fled the view. He was described only as a Hispanic male wearing a brown hoodie.