2 arrested in 7-Eleven robberies and slayings in Los Angeles area
Two people were arrested Friday in a series of shootings and robberies at 7-Eleven stores in Southern California that left two people dead and three others
LOS ANGELES — Two people were arrested Friday in a series of shootings and robberies at 7-Eleven stores in Southern California that left two people dead and three others wounded, authorities said.
“This was a reign of terror,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said at a news conference Friday.
Malike Patt, 20, and Jason Payne, 44, were arrested in Los Angeles in the spree that occurred over five hours Monday morning in San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties, police said.
Two people were killed — Matthew Hirsch, 40, an employee at a Brea 7-Eleven, and Matthew Rule, 24, who was shot outside a Santa Ana store, police said.
Santa Ana police called Patt the “primary suspect” and believe he is the masked man seen in a surveillance video in one of the robberies.
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