Suspect in custody after security guard shot at Hollywood & Highland shoe store

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A suspected gunman was in custody after a security guard was shot at a store near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue on Monday, police say.

Police responded to Shoe Palace located at the famed intersection at about 4:25 p.m. to reports of the shooting with a person down, said Officer William Cooper with the Los Angeles Police Department.
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After the shooting, police said a suspect fled the scene north on Highland Avenue.

Officers set up a perimeter in the area, and by about 6:30 p.m., had one suspect in custody, Cooper said.

LAPD said the victim was in stable condition.
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Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.

City News Service contributed to this report.
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