Northridge apartment manager shot over eviction dispute, 70-year-old suspect found dead

LOS ANGELES - An apartment manager in Northridge was shot and injured during a dispute over an eviction. 

Police responded to the area of Balboa Blvd. and Plummer St. at the Plummer Park apartments around 11:20 a.m. after a caller stated that a woman had been shot. 

The 40-year-old victim, only identified as the district manager of the apartment complex, was shot in the upper torso while in her car. She was taken to the hospital in critical but stable condition. 

SWAT teams set up a large perimeter around an apartment complex as they searched for a suspect. About four hours later, police found the 70-year-old female suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

"The suspect was part of the eviction process and sometime there was a verbal dispute and that's when the incident occurred," said LAPD officer Rosario Cervantes. 

Three schools nearby were placed on lockdown and the apartment complex was evacuated. The schools on lockdown were Balboa Gifted/High-Ability Magnet Elementary School, Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy, and Oliver Wendell Holmes International Middle School. The schools were let out at 3 p.m. as normal.