Security Guard Charged with Murder in Walgreens Shooting
January 3, 2019
A security guard at a Hollywood pharmacy has been charged with murder in the killing of a suspected shoplifter, the District Attorney’s Office announced today.
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December 13, 2018
A 21-year-old man who was fatally shot by a security guard at a Hollywood Walgreens store was not shoplifting, but was targeted because he was Black and gay, an attorney for the man’s family said today.