Crime & Safety
Hustler Casino Shooting: Police Swarm Building, 1 Reportedly Hurt
Police swarmed Hustler Casino on Thursday morning amid reports of gunshots. One person was reportedly shot during a robbery attempt.
GARDENA, CA — A shooting and attempted robbery at Hustler Casino in Gardena left one person reportedly hurt as police swarmed the building Thursday morning.
LAPD were called to the casino around 10:30 a.m. One person was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound, KABC reported.
A security guard said an unknown suspect fired shots, according to scanner traffic.
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Patch has reached out to the casino and Gardena police for details and will update when we hear back.
Guadalupe Rodriguez, a medical Instructor based out of Carson, said she was across the street from the casino and saw employees standing outside.
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"Something big is going on at the casino on the corner of Redondo Beach and Vermont," she tweeted.
She told Patch in a direct message that she arrived minutes after the shooting and saw police cars arrive and employees evacuate.
"Both marked and unmarked vehicles arrived, then a unit had a small white Honda (or similar) on Berendo," she said.
Photos posted on social media showed a helicopter flying overhead and police vehicles at the casino.
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