{"id":109231,"date":"2025-03-14T00:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T00:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/dad-gunned-down-in-southern-california-home-invasion-13-year-old-son-calls-911\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T00:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T00:03:24","slug":"dad-gunned-down-in-southern-california-home-invasion-13-year-old-son-calls-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/dad-gunned-down-in-southern-california-home-invasion-13-year-old-son-calls-911\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad gunned down in Southern California home invasion, 13-year-old son calls 911"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(LOS ANGELES) — Authorities are searching for the man who broke into a Los Angeles-area house and gunned down a father while his wife and son were home, officials said.<\/p>\n

The 61-year-old victim was attacked at about 6:26 p.m. Tuesday at his home in Arcadia, about 8 miles east of Pasadena, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n

The 13-year-old son and his mother were pulling into their driveway when the intruder “approached them and forced them into the home” where there was a “confrontation” between the intruder and the father, sheriff\u2019s Lt. Steven De Jong told Los Angeles ABC station KABC.<\/p>\n

It’s not clear if the boy and his mom witnessed the shooting, but De Jong called it a “very frightening situation for the entire family.”<\/p>\n

The 13-year-old son called 911 to report that his dad was shot by an intruder, De Jong said.<\/p>\n

A motive is not known, but De Jong said “it appears that this is possibly personally motivated, from my preliminary inspection of the crime scene.”<\/p>\n

“This individual that made entry into the house engaged the male victim,” he explained. “So it appears that maybe he was the intended target.”<\/p>\n

A “couple” weapons were recovered at the house, but it’s not clear if they belonged to the suspect or the family, he said.<\/p>\n

It’s possible the dad “armed himself and attempted to defend himself,” De Jong said.<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s homicide bureau at 323-890-5500.<\/p>\n

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