Police continued their search for a gunman into the night Friday following an afternoon shooting in a commercial building just west of 14 Freeway in Lancaster, authorities said.
Deputies converged on a home about 40 blocks from the scene, where they think the suspect may be hiding.
A man in his 60s was fatally shot inside e-Chaps Computer Store in the 2000 block of West Avenue K around 4 p.m., according to Lancaster Sheriff's officials.
The suspect reportedly entered the business with a ski mask and hood obscuring his face, police said. He carried with him a backpack and rolling suitcase.
The victim was described as a computer genius - adept at fixing and debugging computers, often at no charge.
Police would said the incident stemmed from a robbery that went bad.
The shooter fled from the scene in an older black sedan with a waiting driver, sheriff's officials said.
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Homicide and sheriff's detectives were still on the scene several hours after the fatal shooting. The computer store is located in Clocktower Plaza next to a Denny's, the parking lot for which has been cordoned off.
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