Reports: 1 dead, several injured in shooting near Calif. polling place; Suspect at large

Video: 2 Shot in Southern California Neighborhood; Nearby Middle School on Lockdown

A man armed with a rifle opened fire on Tuesday near a polling station in the Southern California town of Azusa, prompting authorities to lock down the polling place and surrounding park, police said.

The Los Angeles Times reported one person was dead and at least three others were wounded.

A spokesman for the sheriff, Deputy Vincent Plair, said there was no immediate indication that the incident was related to Election Day or the polling station.

Law enforcement officers came under fire as they arrived on the scene, about 25 miles northeast of Los Angeles, and the suspect was believed to be at large and holed up in the vicinity, according to accounts from Azusa police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.

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