Category: 7-eleven

Orange County Creates $150,000 7-Eleven Shooting Victims Relief Fund

Orange County will provide up to $150,000 to aid some victims of a series of shooting at half a dozen 7-Eleven stores across Southern California on July 11—affecting three cities in the county—leaving three dead and three injured. The county Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on July 19 to use money from the discretionary budgets…


Murder Charges Announced for 7-Eleven Shooting Suspect

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern California as part of a deadly crime spree at a half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop. Law enforcement accused Malik Patt, 20, of Los Angeles, of the July 11 deaths of a 7-Eleven clerk in Brea and a…


Murder Charges Announced 7-Eleven Shooting Suspect

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern California as part of a deadly crime spree at a half-dozen 7-Elevens and a doughnut shop. Law enforcement accused Malik Patt, 20, of Los Angeles, of the July 11 deaths of a 7-Eleven clerk in Brea and a…


7-Eleven Offers $100,000 Reward for Info Leading to Shooter

BREA, Calif.—With a manhunt continuing for the assailant who robbed a series of Southern California 7-Eleven stores, killing two people and injuring at least three others in the process, the convenience store chain offered a $100,000 reward July 13 for information leading to the gunman. The company “is offering a $100,000 reward for information that…


7-Eleven Shooter Ended a Life That Had Just Turned Around

LOS ANGELES—After years of addiction, Matthew Hirsch was sober. He landed a stable job working overnight shifts at a 7-Eleven in Southern California, lived with his girlfriend in a nearby apartment, and spoke to his father every day. Around 4:15 a.m. Monday, a masked shooter gunned down the 40-year-old clerk inside the convenience store. Authorities…


7-Eleven Asks LA-Area Stores to Close as Police Continue to Search for Gunman

LOS ANGELES—Officials at 7-Eleven’s corporate office encouraged all Los Angeles-area stores to close again on Tuesday night as police continue to search for suspects involved in robberies at six Southern California 7-Eleven stores Monday. Two victims in Orange County—a store clerk in Brea and a 24-year-old man in Santa Ana—were fatally shot July 11 during…


7-Eleven Asks LA-Area Stores to Close as Police Search for Gunman

LOS ANGELES—Officials at 7-Eleven’s corporate office encouraged all Los Angeles-area stores to close again on Tuesday night as police continue to search for suspects involved in robberies at six Southern California 7-Eleven stores Monday. Two victims in Orange County—a store clerk in Brea and a 24-year-old man in Santa Ana—were fatally shot July 11 during…


Hunt on for Gunman Who Killed 2 in Wave of 7-Eleven Holdups

LOS ANGELES—After years of addiction, Matthew Hirsch was finally sober. He landed a stable job working overnight shifts at a 7-Eleven in Southern California, lived with his girlfriend in a nearby apartment and spoke to his father every day. But then, around 4:15 a.m. Monday, a masked shooter gunned down the 40-year-old clerk inside the…


4 Shootings at 7-Eleven Stores in SoCal Leaves 2 Dead

BREA, Calif.—A rash of robbery-shootings at four Southland 7-Eleven stores left at least two people dead July 11, with police saying some of the crimes appear to be related. The shootings occurred on 7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day, with Monday marking the company’s 95th birthday. Brea police said they responded at 4:17 a.m. to a 7-Eleven…


Beijing Fines 7-Eleven for Labeling Taiwan a Country on Maps

Beijing has fined convenience store 7-Eleven for failing to comply with the communist regime’s claim on Taiwan and some disputed areas on the maps it displayed. A fine of 15,000 yuan ($2,300) was imposed by Dongcheng Branch of Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources on Dec. 21, according to the official website recording…