One dead, at least five hurt in shooting at Santa Monica, California


  • World
  • Saturday, 08 Jun 2013

A vehicle sits on the side of a road with a window shattered by bullets that an eyewitness says is connected to a shooting a few blocks away on the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - A woman was killed and at least five other people were injured in a shooting on Friday that took place near Santa Monica College, west of Los Angeles, about 3 miles from where President Barack Obama was attending a political fundraiser, a hospital official said.

(Reporting and writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

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