Shooter at Huntington Beach business was employee; coworkers targeted

The woman suspected of shooting up a Huntington Beach business and wounding one of its employees was a coworker, police say.

Lucero San Pedro-Castro, 29, of Baldwin Park, is suspected of entering California Closets warehouse at 5921 Skylab Road Monday morning, opening fire at two workers, hitting one and missing the other.

San Pedro-Castro later fled the scene in her vehicle but was stopped about two hours later by a South Gate Police Department officer. That officer fatally shot her after she allegedly pointed her gun at them.

On Tuesday, the Huntington Beach Police Department released new details about the investigation, including that the two victims were workers at the business, and that the shooter was their coworker…

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