A father was shot dead at an engagement party he attended with his wife and children in a Los Angeles suburb, according to police.
The Los Angeles Police Department said the 29-year-old victim, Edgar Rodrigues, was one of hundreds of guests at the party hosted at a large banquet hall in Northridge on Sunday. According to LAPD, as per CBS, an altercation started inside the venue but moved outside, where the victim was shot.
Rodriquez, who was identified to police by family members at the party, was allegedly shot in the upper torso multiple times by a suspect who opened fire with a handgun. He died shortly after at the scene.
Police say the suspect is a man in his 40s who fled from the scene and has not yet been caught.
Police have not released a name or description of the suspect, but reports suggest that witnesses made detectives aware of the suspect's identity. LAPD officers arrived at the scene at 11:11 p.m., after receiving reports of a man shot in the parking lot.
Police on Monday asked for the public's help in finding him. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Valley Bureau homicide detectives at 818-374-95550. During non-business hours or on weekends, call 1-877-527-3247. Anonymous tipsters can call the LA regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or use the website lacrimestoppers.org.
Newsweek has contacted the LAPD for comment.
Labor Day weekend saw a wave of gun violence across the country. Data from the Gun Violence Archive revealed that there have been 323 shootings recorded so far across the country from September 2 through September 4. Chicago especially faced a spate of shootings; CBS reported Tuesday that the city saw nine killed and nearly 50 injured in the holiday weekend shootings. That means the city accounted for 14 percent of the nation's total from the weekend.
In the U.S., 321 people are shot every day, according to statistics compiled by Brady, using data provided by Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's HCUPnet. Among those, 111 are fatal.
According to Gun Violence Archive, there have been 13,943 gun violence fatalities, not including suicide, so far in 2022. There have been over 27,000 injuries caused by gun violence this year.
A 16-year-old was arrested Saturday night on Long Island, New York, after allegedly shooting a 41-year-old man at a baby shower. The victim was attempting to break up a fight between two teenage girls at the party when the attack happened.
The shot was not fatal but the victim was hospitalized with his injury. The 16-year-old was arrested at the scene by Suffolk County Police.
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