Store owner dies after confronting shoplifters in parking lot of L.A. area shopping center

A retailer died on Wednesday after he faced a group of stores in the parking lot at the Southern Monte shopping center.

This happened at approximately 12:20 pm in a store in the 2000 block from Durfe Street, according to the Los Angeles Province Department.

Official details are limited at this time, but the Sharif administration confirmed that it was investigating the death of a theft accident.

Air footage from Sky5 shows the scene in South El Monte, where the store owner was killed after he was confronted and ran on the stores on April 9, 2025.

He told a man who knew himself as the brother of the victim Ktla that his brother was working in the giant opponent when she entered a group of people, grabbed the goods and then fled.

The victim, who decided KTLa not to be naming at this time, ran after the shopper and tried to stop them

This is when they were claimed that they hit him in his head, expelled him down and then ran with their car, according to the victim’s brother. LASD officials confirmed that he had announced his death at the scene.

Air footage from Sky5 shows the scene in South El Monte, where the store owner was killed after he was confronted and ran on the stores on April 9, 2025.
Air footage from Sky5 shows the scene in South El Monte, where the store owner was killed after he was confronted and ran on the stores on April 9, 2025.

KTLA will have more about this developing story during the evening.

The investigation remains continuous and anyone with information to contact the LASD kill office is urged at 323-890-5500. The tips can be unknown Introduction online Or by calling 800-222-8477.

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