Guard Dies Following Shooting Outside Kaiser Hospital

SAN LEANDRO, CA — The 60-year-old armored truck guard who was wounded when he was shot outside Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Leandro died Thursday afternoon, according to police.

The shooting occurred just before noon Wednesday. The wounded guard was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. Thursday.

A San Leandro Police Department spokesperson said police are still looking for the shooting suspect, who shot the guard adjacent to the hospital's emergency room entrance.

The police department has offered its condolences to the guard's family.

The guard, whose name has not been released, had been in critical condition.

The guard was leaving the east side of the hospital campus, at 2500 Merced St., at about 11:42 a.m., carrying a bag with an undisclosed amount of cash, when he was shot in his upper back, according to police.

The suspect then ran away, possibly to a waiting getaway car, police said, and the hospital was placed on lockdown immediately after the shooting.

The guard had worked for GardaWorld for nearly 40 years, according to police.

"Based on what we know at this time, this was a brazen daytime shooting on the Kaiser Hospital campus," San Leandro Police Lt. Matthew Barajas said Wednesday. "We are grateful no one else was injured during the commission of this crime, but words cannot express how tragic this is."

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to call the SLPD at (510) 577-2740.

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