A woman who opened fire outside an Orange County closets manufacturer on Monday was an employee of the store, according to police. After wounding one colleague from the store, authorities said she fled in her vehicle, leading to a traffic stop in L.A. County in which she was fatally shot.

Lucero San Pedro-Castro, 29, of Baldwin Park, was identified as the shooter in the incident around 7:15 a.m. Monday at the California Closets in Huntington Beach. She shot at two store employees, missing one and striking the other, according to Huntington Beach police.

Pedro-Castro fled the scene in a 2022 Toyota Corolla, as law enforcement agencies were alerted about the armed woman. Two hours later, she had a deadly confrontation with South Gate police.

Officers spotted the vehicle around 9:30 a.m. a

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