A suspected gunman has been arrested and two women transported to hospitals after a shooting at a Granada Hills day care on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Paramedics responded to a residence where a day care is located, at 17320 W. Firma Court, around 12:30 p.m., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Lyndsey Lantz. The two women were taken to a hospital in stable condition, and the LAFD worked with the day care and L.A. police to reunite children with their parents, she said.
LAPD Capt. Kathleen Burns said that the shooting appeared to have been a targeted attack potentially motivated by “some type of family violence or domestic violence.”
It’s not yet clear whether the shooting took place in proximity to any children.
When L.A. Police Department officers arrived at the scene, they found one person suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to a department spokesperson. No information was available on the second patient’s wounds, the spokesperson said.
The suspected gunman fled the scene in a Tesla, and officers found the vehicle and arrested him without incident near Balboa Boulevard and Sherman Way — about seven miles from the scene of the shooting, police said.
The weapon believed to have been used in the shooting has been recovered, Burns said.
The site of the shooting, Kids Dream Learning Center, is in a residential area of Granada Hills and offers programs for infants, toddlers and preschool-age children from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, according to its website. The center did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Although the shooting took place on the day care’s property, it was not immediately known whether it took place indoors or outdoors and what degree of danger children might have been exposed to, Lantz said.
City News Service contributed to this report.
