A security guard at a CVS store in Fremont was shot and killed during a violent confrontation, police said Friday.
Fremont police said the shooting happened Thursday around 11 p.m. at a drugstore in the Fremont Hub. There is a CVS drugstore there, near the corner of Fremont Boulevard and Mowry Avenue.
Witnesses told officers that a security guard and another person were involved in a verbal altercation that turned violent, police said. Officers discovered the security guard had been shot and the other person had been stabbed multiple times.
Officers began life-saving measures, but the guard was pronounced dead at the scene. The other person was taken to a local hospital, police said.
Additional information about the circumstances of the confrontation was not available.
Police urged anyone who witnessed the incident or has information to contact the Fremont Police Department’s Investigations Unit at (510) 790-6900. Anonymous tips can be sent by text to 888-777, beginning with “Tip FremontPD,” followed by a short message, or on the Fremont Police Department website.
