They didn’t ask, ‘Is that your Trader Joe’s?’ They were, ‘I know that’s your Trader Joe’s.’” When this happened, we were getting calls from across the country from all our friends. And everybody’s in here like seven times a week.
“For the grace of God go I - it’s that kind of moment,” the 30-year Silver Lake resident said. He decided to run the errand in the morning, rather than the afternoon. She and her husband had been invited to a dinner Saturday and she asked him to pick up some wine and mineral water from Trader Joe’s to bring as gifts. Leda Siskind, 65, left a note, then stood back in contemplation. We will care for each other,” said another. “All of the employees are part of our community.
“We are heartbroken for you,” one of them said. Customers, neighbors and others stopped by to pay their respects, scribbling sympathy messages on sticky notes and attaching them to the wall above the bouquets. would things like this happen - and by that I mean the stuff that could be part of a novel,” said Helen Hong, 31, a tourist from Shanghai.īy noon, a blooming memorial filled with roses, lilies, daisies and tender wildflowers had sprouted at Monon Street and Hyperion Avenue, stacked against the white exterior of the popular grocery store. Outside the store Sunday morning, a steady stream of students, residents and tourists could be overheard talking about the tragic incident from the day before. #TraderJoes #SilverLake- Albert Corado July 22, 2018 Please respect my family’s privacy as we are still coming to terms with this. “Please respect my family’s privacy as we are still coming to terms with this.”Ĭalls to the coroner’s office seeking additional comment Sunday were not immediately returned. I appreciate the retweets and the love,” Albert Corado tweeted Saturday. The woman killed at the store was identified online by her brother. He is expected to survive his injuries, Moore said. “He said to the police that it was their fault for her being dead,” Ackerman said.Īfter a three-hour standoff, Atkins surrendered to police. The comments caused her and others hiding inside to grow even more fearful. She said she overheard the gunman talking to police as he demanded to speak with his grandmother and referred to someone being dead. He ordered one of his hostages to walk the aisles and round up anyone else who was hiding, including Ackerman and her daughter.Īckerman said she noticed a lot of blood in the store but did not know about the death of the store manager while she was hiding. The gunman stayed near the front of the building with about five employees, according to Ackerman, who said at some point the gunman noticed people had found ways to exit the store. “Seven of us were hiding in the back behind the bread,” she said. As gunfire began to erupt outside, many customers fled toward the back of the store, either cowering in bathrooms or ducking in aisles as far away from the melee as possible. Several could be seen crawling out windows, while the gunman allowed others to leave during an hours-long negotiation with the LAPD.īloodied and unnerved, he paced the inside of the store, holding a gun and shouting as terrified hostages hid behind food displays.Ĭyrani Ackerman, 49, told The Times she was walking toward the checkout line with her 19-year-old daughter when the screech of tires sent her scrambling.
The gunman then ran inside, trapping dozens of shoppers and employees, witnesses said. The pursuit ended with the Camry crashing into a light post outside the Trader Joe’s.Ītkins and the pursuing officers traded gunshots outside the store, according to witnesses and police. The gunman blew out his own rear window while firing at police, officials said. Hours after the violent clash at Atkins’ grandmother’s home Saturday morning, police found the Camry in Hollywood using transmissions from its anti-theft device, and a chase ensued.
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