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Octogenarian Shoots Man Dead During Argument Outside Westchester Amazon Fresh

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An 83-year-old shot another man in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Amazon Fresh store Tuesday afternoon during what witnesses said was some sort of argument.  

The shooting on the 6800 block of South La Cienega Boulevard in the Westchester neighborhood was reported at 4:05 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department said. The identity of the victim, who was said to be 30 years old, was not immediately available.

The gunman, wearing a bath robe, got out of his apartment overlooking the parking lot to confront the man. Police said the argument involved a woman, whom the accused shooter’s daughter told NBC4 had recently begun a relationship with her father.

“He’s not a violent man. He loves everybody, so I don’t want a bad picture painted about my dad,” the woman, who did not wish to be identified, told NBC4. She said her father is a published author who is battling prostate cancer.

Tracey Knox said the 30-year-old had been shouting racial slurs and took off his shirt as if to fight the octogenarian. Knox said there was “some distance” between the men when the 83-year-old shot the other in the back.

“It’s a little traumatic to see somebody standing one moment and lying on the ground the next,” Knox said.

Police set up a white tent as several LAPD cruisers gathered a few yards from the store’s entrance. The shooter was taken into custody shortly after 5 p.m.

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