AZUSA, Calif. – A gunman with an assault rifle killed a man and critically wounded two women Tuesday in a California neighborhood near two polling sites that were shut down before the attacker was found dead inside a nearby home, authorities said.
One polling place was reopened hours after a gunbattle involving the gunman and Azusa police.
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.
County election officials advised voters to visit other polling places where they could cast provisional ballots.