2 fatalities in Pasadena California crime spree - Devin Hall hostage Police shooting los angeles

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Pasadena, California – On November 23, 2021, Pasadena Police officers engaged in a shooting with a man who killed a local senior, setting off a crime spree that ended in a fatal shootout with police.

The suspect, 24-year-old Devin Edward Hall, a military veteran and a resident of Inglewood, carjacked a driver and took a woman hostage. The incident began after Pasadena Police Department received several calls to 911 regarding a shooting that had just occurred in the area of Sunnyslope Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard.

Immediately after Hall shot a 70-year-old male, he turned his firearm to an approaching vehicle traveling southbound on Sunnyslope Avenue from Orange Grove Boulevard. The female driver had stopped her vehicle when she saw the male victim laying on the ground. The driver of the vehicle complied with Hall after he opened her car door and unhooked her seatbelt to force her out of the car but he walked away instead.

When the first officer arrived at the scene, he and a good Samaritan began providing emergency medical aid to the elderly man. The second officer initiated a search for the suspect and was directed by witnesses to the area of Hermana Street and Eaton Drive. Hall raised his firearm and the officer returned fire with a department issued suppressed AR-15 pattern SBR.

Neither the officer nor Hall were injured in this initial exchange of gunfire. Hall then ran south and into the backyard of a resident in the 500 block of Eaton Drive where he climbed the property’s rear wall and entered the rear yard of a residence in the 500 block of Sunnyslope Avenue.

Hall fired two rounds from his firearm into the occupied house, shattering the rear sliding-glass door. A female resident began to scream and tried to escape through the front door. Hall entered the house and directed her to exit through a rear door. He followed closely behind, moments before taking her hostage.

Within just a few seconds of exiting the house, Hall grabbed ahold of the female resident’s shirt collar, pulling her toward him, wrapped his left arm across her chest, extended his hand holding the firearm over her right shoulder and fired several rounds at the officers. While firing, Hall and the hostage fell to the ground. This provided the victim an opportunity to escape and officers began returning fire at Hall. As the victim ran away, she told officers she looked back at the suspect and saw him place his firearm to his own head and take his own life.

Detectives are awaiting the coroner’s report to determine if the evidence collected confirms the victim’s account.