{"id":15787,"date":"2012-06-29T08:45:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=15787"},"modified":"2012-07-03T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T00:03:22","slug":"man-shot-to-death-in-lancaster-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/06\/29\/man-shot-to-death-in-lancaster-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Man shot to death in Lancaster Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Family members of the victim placed two candles and a cross next to the tree where the victim was shot, neighbors said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UPDATED 7\/2\/2012:<\/strong><\/span> The man shot and killed on Thursday, June 28 has been identified as 25-year-old Terry Antwon Jones of Lancaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A man was shot and killed in Lancaster overnight.<\/p>\n

The incident happened around 9:06 p.m. Thursday in the 44000 block of Beech Avenue, according to a Sheriff\u2019s press report.<\/p>\n

The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not yet identified the victim or released a motive in the case.<\/p>\n

There is no further information at this time.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.<\/p>\n

The AV Times will have more information on this story as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

Updated 6\/29\/12 at 1 p.m<\/strong><\/span>.: The shooting happened near the courtyard of The Village at Beechwood apartments, located at 44063 Beech Avenue in Lancaster. A group of neighbors, who did not want to be identified, said they heard multiple gunshots Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Neighbors also said a second female victim was shot in the buttocks, but survived. A Lancaster deputy confirmed that a second eyewitness was shot in her lower body, but referred all other questions to the Sheriff\u2019s Homicide Bureau.<\/p>\n

Neighbors said the female gunshot victim was transported to the hospital, but left her apartment unlocked. They said her apartment was burglarized after she left.<\/p>\n

The Homicide Bureau is expected to release more information on the shooting later this afternoon. We will bring you that information as soon as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

UPDATED 6\/29\/12 at 3:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> The Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau has released more information on the fatal shooting Thursday night. Read the update below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man and the wounding of a woman in the 44000 block of Beech Avenue, Lancaster.<\/p>\n

Detectives have learned that the victim and the suspect were arguing with each other when the suspect produced a handgun and fatally shot the victim multiple times in the upper torso.<\/p>\n

A woman who was standing near the scene, and not related to the victim, was shot in the lower torso. She was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

The suspect, a male Black, remains outstanding. The motive for the shooting is unknown.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http:\/\/lacrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATED 7\/2\/2012: The man shot and killed on Thursday, June 28 has been identified as 25-year-old Terry Antwon Jones of Lancaster. LANCASTER \u2013 A man was shot and killed in Lancaster overnight. The incident happened around 9:06 p.m. Thursday in the 44000 block of Beech Avenue, according to a Sheriff\u2019s press report. The victim was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}