Crime & Safety

2 Arrested In Dollar Tree Shooting, Brawl: Report

Investigators said a getaway car had two young children inside when one of the suspects fled.

VICTORVILLE, CA — Two people were arrested after an altercation inside an Inland Empire Dollar Tree escalated into a shooting, KTLA reported Thursday.

Witnesses told police they saw multiple people engaged in a physical fight inside the store. Eventually, the fight spilled out into the parking lot, during which a suspect, Baltazar Tellez Jimenez, pulled out a handgun and fired toward a victim and the store entrance, the station reported.

Jimenez, 46, of Adelanto fled in a getaway car being driven by a second suspect, Wendy Salgado Ronces, 31 of Adelanto, authorities told KTLA. Inside the getaway vehicle were two children.

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Deputies found the car shortly after and arrested both Jimenez and Salgado. Detectives also confirmed a firearm inside the vehicle was registered to Ronces.

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