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Clerk killed in Lancaster shooting; suspect sought

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The fatal shooting happened around 8:23 p.m. Monday, June 29, at a gas station on the 500 block of West Avenue J in Lancaster, authorities said. [Image by ANTHONY CHEVAL]
LANCASTER – A clerk at a gas station in Lancaster was shot and killed during a robbery Monday night, and the shooter is at large, authorities said.

It happened around 8:23 p.m. Monday, June 29, on the 500 block of West Avenue J, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“The suspect entered the business and shot the victim, who was an employee, in what detectives believe to be an armed robbery,” a sheriff’s statement said.

The victim, 30-year-old Sean Searcy of Lancaster, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

“At the time of the incident, there was nobody inside the store…  detectives are reviewing video footage from the store itself and neighboring businesses,” sheriff’s Lt. Hugo Reynaga said at the scene.

There were no witnesses to the actual crime but there were witnesses outside the store who saw the suspect fleeing the scene, Reynaga said.

The suspect was described as a white man with a thin build, who wore a purple pattern face mask or face covering, a black hooded sweatshirt, and dark blue pants, sheriff’s officials said.

Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.

The fatal shooting happened around 8:23 p.m. Monday, June 29, on the 500 block of West Avenue J. [Image by ANTHONY CHEVAL]
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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Lancaster

24 comments for "Clerk killed in Lancaster shooting; suspect sought"

  1. Obviously this Logan guy and Trumpist are racists so don’ waste your time responding to these morons.

  2. So very sad. A loss of a loved one doing his job! R.I.P. Sean. Prayers to your loved ones.

  3. Did any of you bigoted folks even know Sean? Sean wasn’t a racist, his significant other was black so all this racist talk is tarnishing his memory. If none of you knew him then shut the f*ck up! I feel bad for those who are missing his loss instead I have all you racist pieces of sh*t making it worse

  4. A gas station clerk is murdered, just trying to earn a living. RIP Sean Searcy. The entire community should come together to help this family.

  5. Typical white trash. The AV is filled with it. Most of the whites in the AV are your typical uneducated, toothless, trailer trash, racist losers. Even the mayors are loser racist white trash

      • Does the truth hurt? Most ignorant racist like you aren’t educated enough to understand. Typical of a white loser.

  7. I bet the criminals are loving this mask requirement. They do not look out of place when committing a crime.

  8. … sorry, the reverend Al Sharpton is sunning himself, beside the pool of his palatial estate, and cannot be bothered to come to the telephone. Please leave your name and message at the tone.

  9. This world is [removed] backwards. This working man Sean Searcy is the one who should have a go fund me account with over 200 thousand dollars, and an NBA star flip for his funeral. Yet we have a 24 year-old child molester oh my bad alleged child molester that took his own life sorry again allegedly took his own life, and is being treated like the king of the AV. RIP Sean Searcy.

    • ALLEGED WERE IS IT ALLEGED? BECAUSE WHAT I READ ON HIS ARREST REPORT WAS MISDEMEANOR CHARGES….AS FAR AS I KNOW ALL CHILD CHARGES ARE FELONIES I DON’T KNOW I’M JUST SAYING.

  10. “The suspect was described as a white man with a thin build…”

    The AVT promotes anti-white racism.

    • How so, when the suspect is white? Had the suspect was black, you would be running your stupid mouth about how violent and criminal black people are. [removed]

      • According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, black offenders committed 52 per cent of homicides recorded in the data between 1980 and 2008 while blacks are only 13% of the American population. That’s BLM!!

          • I honestly cannot express how bad I feel for his wife Noreen and the pain she must be going thru. Please folks, if you didn’t know him or his way of life don’t make assumptions cause I can assure you that you are wayyyyy wrong. Specially if you assume he was racist which he was not :( he loved his wife Noreen and she is not white. So stop pouring all this hate and let him rest in peace and his family morn their loss.

  11. Freaking piece of crap, trash… I hope he burns in hell.. killing people I’d not ok….

      • So because a white persons is the Suspect that means it’s not hate involved. You my guy are part of the problem. Skin color doesn’t always determine hate apparently

      • What we have here is racist whites not wanting the world to know that we have whites that comitt crimes just like everyone else.