Authorities Tuesday were investigating the shooting death of a security guard at a strip mall in Lancaster.
The security guard, described as a 21-year-old man, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle parked at the strip mall around 7:05 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of East Avenue J, said Deputy Kimberly Alexander of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, she said.
Homicide detectives learned the man and another security guard were sitting in the second security guard’s car when the victim was shot, Alexander said. It was not immediately clear if the victim shot himself. Authorities said the second man was questioned and released.
The victim’s gun was recovered at the scene, Alexander said.
The victim was a security guard who worked for Lancaster-based Opsec Specialized Protection, an employee of the company told a news photographer at the scene.
—City News Service