CALIFORNIA — (Scroll Down For Video) — New video has been released from the Trader Joe’s incident that occurred in Los Angeles on July 21, when a suspect, fleeing the police, crashed and ran into a Trader Joe’s store while taking hostages.
Police were involved by 4:00 pm that day after there were reports that the gunman opened fire. An employee was killed during the standoff, as the 28-year-old suspect Gene Evin Atkins, was arrested.
The suspect’s 76-year-old grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Madison, was shot seven times and was reported to be in critical condition; and another female hostage, the perpetrator’s girlfriend, was shot but merely grazed by the bullet.
Trader Joe’s store employee Melyda Corado was shot and killed by a police bullet as suspect exchanged fire with police.
