2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting near California polling unit

Voting in a California neighbourhood near two polling units were suspended when a gun man with an assault rifle opened fire killing a man and critically wounding two others before the assailant was found dead inside a nearby home reports say.

Minutes after the gun battle involving the assailant and Azusa police ended, one polling unit was reopened.

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The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting,” Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. John Corina said; “It just happened to be across the street from the park where the voting was taking place and also an elementary school” that was being used as a polling site.

“Nobody was shooting at those locations,” Corina said.

Investigators didn’t know whether the gunman died by police bullets or killed himself, Corina said.

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