A lawyer connected to dispensaries in West Los Angeles and North Hollywood was shot at dawn during a home robbery in Laguna Beach on Tuesday. LAPD says Barret Slome, 46, may have been targeted because suspects thought the home harbored cash and drugs.
CBS Los Angeles
- A 911 call reporting breaking glass and gunfire brought Laguna Beach police to a condominium on PCH. Detectives reportedly have access to camera footage.
- Law enforcement reports that Slome survived a shooting—still unsolved—three years ago in Beverly Glen.
- Taken along with the spike in dispensary robberies and May’s murder of Santa Cruz exec Tushar Atre, the Slome killing reinforces the growing sense that the cash-rich industry has a target on its back.
Quick Hits
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