One woman was injured in a shooting at a residential day care in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities responded to the scene at the Kids Dream Learning Center in the Granada Hills neighborhood, just 10 miles south of Santa Clarita, in the early afternoon.
One woman, who was shot in the hand, reported the shooting to the Los Angeles Police Department over the phone, authorities told NBC Los Angeles.
There were children present at the day care during the shooting, but none were injured, officials said.
Another woman was also seen being taken away to a nearby hospital, but it was unclear if she was also shot.
Both women were conscious when authorities arrived and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition, ABC 7 reported.
Evidence markers were seen scattered around the front of the two-story daycare.
By the time authorities arrived, the suspect had already fled the scene in a grey Tesla.
But the person was quickly apprehended seven miles south of the shooting.
The suspect’s identity has not been released. Footage obtained by KTLA showed an elderly white man with a graying beard being cuffed near the getaway car.
The circumstances and a possible motive are still under investigation.
New York City is no stranger to senseless shootings at youth centers.
In 2020, a shirtless gunman opened fire near a day care in the Bronx and sparked a gunfight.
Eight children were inside the day care at the time. The center’s owner wasn’t surprised, but noted that the tykes could’ve been in serious danger if they’d been leaving when the shooting broke out.
In 2022, a 3-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet outside a day care in Brooklyn. She was hit in the shoulder and had to wear a sling on her arm while she recovered.
The child’s distraught parents, meanwhile, took the horrific injury as a sign to pack up and leave the area as soon as they could.
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