Three people were killed yesterday afternoon in a Pasadena neighborhood, resulting in a standoff between the gunman and police before he surrendered without any further incident. The incident has been described as a landlord-tenant dispute.
The first shots were heard around 4:20 p.m on the 1700 block of North Summit Avenue. The gunman was reported to have chased two people down the block, fatally shooting one and injuring the other with a semiautomatic rifle. Another man was killed when a neighbor that is being called a "good Samaritan" approached a house after hearing gunshots, and was shot on the driveway, police told the LA Times [ http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-at-least-one-killed-in-pasadena-shooting-police-said-20140712-story.html ].
When police responded to the scene, the gunman opened fire on officers who went to the aid of one of the victims on the ground. He then barricaded himself inside a residence, and called 911. A hostage negotiator was able to convince the gunman, John Izael Smith, 44, to surrender to police.