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Teen girl fatally shot inside Arcadia home by man she had been dating, authorities say
ABC7 Los Angeles • • nation
Key Points:
- A teenage girl was killed in Arcadia, California, after Paul Anthony Cruz Jr., a 20-year-old man she had been dating, forcibly entered a residence and shot her.
- Cruz fled to Pasadena, where he shot himself as police were preparing to apprehend him; his condition is reported as critical by the sheriff's department.
- The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and her identity has not been released.
- The initial shooting occurred around 11 a.m. on West Huntington Drive, followed by a second shooting about an hour later at South Arroyo Parkway and East Glenarm Street in Pasadena.
- Police are investigating both incidents, with crime scenes secured near an apartment complex and a parking lot close to local businesses.
