Gunman Opens Fire At Northridge Convenience Store

NORTHRIDGE, CA — A gunman shot up a convenience store with a pellet gun Thursday morning where a search for the suspect is underway.

The shooting occurred at the 8200 block of White Oak Avenue at about 4 a.m., according to Officer Ray Brown of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.

CBS2 reported the man asked for cigarettes and when the clerk asked the suspect to pay, the suspect pulled out a pellet gun and began firing before running outside and firing at the store's glass doors, breaking at least one.

A description of the suspect was not immediately available.

No injuries were reported.

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