{"id":54979,"date":"2014-08-21T17:40:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T00:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=54979"},"modified":"2014-08-21T21:44:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T04:44:53","slug":"grandparents-children-shot-at-while-passing-through-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/08\/21\/grandparents-children-shot-at-while-passing-through-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandparents, children shot at while passing through Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1a9GXIevJI?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nLANCASTER \u2013 A San Jose man, his wife and grandchildren were shot at early Thursday morning when they stopped in Lancaster while on a road trip to Palm Springs.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred just after midnight when the family stopped to rest and get something to eat at the shopping center near Avenue J and 17<sup>th<\/sup> Street East, according to the victim.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54982\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Grandparents-shot-at-8.21.14-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54982 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Grandparents-shot-at-8.21.14-2-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"The victim said his wife and two grandchildren were inside the SUV when the gunman fired. Luckily, no one was injured, he said. (LUIS MEZA)\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Grandparents-shot-at-8.21.14-2-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Grandparents-shot-at-8.21.14-2.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The victim said his wife and two grandchildren were inside the SUV when the gunman fired. Luckily, no one was injured, he said. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The victim who didn&#8217;t want to be identified said he was on foot near Stater Bros. when two young men confronted him and tried to rob him. <em>(View his interview above.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The victim said, as he was holding off the assailants, he saw his wife pull their vehicle into the parking lot from Del Taco.<\/p>\n<p>He said he raced to his vehicle and got inside, but the assailants tried to pry the door open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI overpowered them and then they shot the guns right through the window,\u201d the victim said. \u201cI had both my grandkids in there, my wife\u2026 it\u2019s just really unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victim said the family was able to get to the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station for help.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies at the station helped the family get to a local hotel, and an investigation is underway. No suspects were in custody as of Thursday morning, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 A San Jose man, his wife and grandchildren were shot at early Thursday morning when they stopped in Lancaster while on a road trip to Palm Springs. The shooting occurred just after midnight when the family stopped to rest and get something to eat at the shopping center near Avenue J and 17th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":54982,"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\/54979"}],"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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}