1 dead, 1 critically injured in Glendale shooting

One man is dead and another was critically injured a shooting Thursday afternoon outside a Glendale home, authorities said.

Police say they have a suspect in custody and that he will be booked into jail on suspicion of murder.

Gunshot victims Shaquille Johnson, 24, and his 20-year-old brother were taken to hospitals in critical condition following the 3 p.m. shooting, said Sgt. David Vidaure, a police spokesman.

Vidaure said an argument preceded the gunfire, which erupted in the area of 91st and Glendale avenues.



Neighbor Joe Contreras said he heard gunshots and saw a car "peel away" from the neighborhood.

Police say the suspected shooter, who is dating a sister of the gunshot victims, was later cornered by police at his Glendale home near 82nd and Glendale avenues.

Suspect Efrain Hartley, 28, surrendered and was taken into custody without incident, Vidaure said.

Neighbor Jackie Kerner was sleeping when she heard gunshots. She described running out of the house and seeing two men with gunshot wounds: one was lying on the sidewalk and one was lying halfway on the sidewalk and in the street.

Kerner said one victim appeared to have been shot in the stomach area, while another victim, who had been shot in the chest, was unconscious. She called 911, and another neighbor took off his shirt and applied pressure to one of the men's wounds.

Family members of the victims, she said, began streaming from the home, screaming.

Vidaure issued a statement Thursday night, confirming that Johnson was pronounced dead at a hospital.