LOS ANGELES - Two men who allegedly tried to rob some shoppers on Melrose Avenue ended up with gunshot wounds when one of the victims opened fire on them in self-defense, police said.The brazen daytime robbery happened Monday evening near the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Vista Street.
The Los Angeles Police Department said that the two suspects exited from an idling Dodge Avenger and confronted the victim with a handgun in hand. "Words were apparently exchanged, and the victim ultimately produces a handgun, apparently to defend himself and others in his group from the would-be robbery suspects," LAPD wrote in a press release.Police said that after the victim fired at the suspects, all parties involved immediately fled the scene.The.