{"id":74529,"date":"2016-11-08T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T19:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=74529"},"modified":"2019-01-24T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:33:33","slug":"security-guard-found-shot-to-death-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/11\/08\/security-guard-found-shot-to-death-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Security guard found shot to death in Lancaster [update: victim ID’d]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The incident happened around 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, in the parking lot of the strip mall in the 1700 block of East Avenue J in Lancaster. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER \u00a0– Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a security guard Monday night outside a strip mall in Lancaster.<\/span><\/p>\n

The security guard, described as a 21-year-old Hispanic male, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle parked in the parking lot of the strip mall in the 1700 block of East Avenue J in Lancaster, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The victim and another security guard were sitting in a car when the victim was shot in the head, sheriff\u2019s officials said. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The incident was reported around 7:04 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, \u00a0and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. His name is being withheld pending next of kin notification.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homicide detectives said the victim was sitting in the car with another security guard when the shooting occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSomething happened inside the car where one of security guards\u2019 gun went off. One security guard gets shot and he ends up being pronounced dead here at the scene,\u201d Sheriff\u2019s Homicide Lieutenant John Corina said late Monday night. \u201cWe\u2019re in the process of trying to determine exactly what happened between these two guys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWas it an accident, suicide, intentional? We don\u2019t know yet,\u201d Corina added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The victim’s gun was recovered inside the car at the scene, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The victim was a security guard who worked for Lancaster-based Opsec Specialized Protection, an employee of the company said at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing and there is no additional information available at this time, sheriff\u2019s officials said in the news release.<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ulysses Escobar [image via gofundme<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 21-year-old Ulysses Darious Escobar of Littlerock, according to coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. \u201c[The shooting] was reported as a possible accident, but it is still under investigation by law enforcement,\u201d Winter said Tuesday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u00a0– Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a security guard Monday night outside a strip mall in Lancaster. The security guard, described as a 21-year-old Hispanic male, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle parked in the parking lot of the strip mall in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[719,10,1493],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74529"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}