California hair salon shooting leaves eight dead

Another critically injured after gunman opens fire in Salon Meritage in coastal town of Seal Beach Eight people have been killed and another critically injured in a shooting at a California hair salon. The shooting happened at 1.21pm local time at the Salon Meritage on Pacific Coast Highway in the coastal town of Seal Beach, an Orange County fire official said. Six victims died at the scene and another two of the three critically injured victims died later in Long Beach Memorial hospital, said Seal Beach police sergeant Steve Bowles . Police officers arrested the suspected gunman half a mile from the scene after fleeing in a car and he was taken into custody. “We feel very confident at this point that we do have the single and only suspect in custody,” Bowles said. “He appeared cooperative and did not resist our officers at all when he was detained.” The officer also told local KCAL-TV that multiple weapons were seized. Bowles said detectives were trying to establish a motive for the violence but believed there was some kind of relationship between the gunman and someone inside the salon, which was filled with customers at the time. He did not know how many of the victims were employees or how many were clients. All eight of the dead were believed to have been shot inside the salon, and one man who was wounded was found outside, but it was not clear where he was struck, the officer said. “There are survivors from inside the salon that escaped without harm,” he added. The coastal town of about 25,000 inhabitants is about 30 miles south-east of Los Angeles. California Gun crime United States guardian.co.uk

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