Crime & Safety

Residents Report Shots Fired on Casitas Avenue on Monday

Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and seeing a car speed away but no victims or physical evidence was found at the scene.

Altadena residents on Casitas Avenue reported hearing 5-8 shots fired on Monday morning, but no victim was found at the scene, according to Lt. Angela Shepherd of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The incident happened around 10:15 a.m. near the intersection with W. Calaveras Street.

Area residents told detectives they heard the shots and witnesses said a turquoise sedan with blue tape on the back window was driven away at a high speed shortly after the shots were fired.

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Nobody reported witnessing somebody doing the shooting and no physical evidence was found at the scene, Shepherd said.


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