Officials are investigating after a car crashed into a liquor store early Sunday morning in Glendale.
The liquor store is located near 43rd and Glendale avenues.
Glendale police say around 3 a.m., a man who had sustained a gunshot wound crashed into the business. The 35-year-old man was the sole occupant of the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Glendale PD tell liquor store owners the driver had been shot before he rammed into the store #abc15 pic.twitter.com/Pv9u4Hqiza
— MaryEllen Resendez (@maryellenabc15) July 17, 2016
Najmul Hussain, whose family owns the drive-thru liquor store, said he was shocked when he saw the store, but his first question to police was if anyone was hurt.
"I hope they're okay and I pray for them," Hussain said.
According to witnesses, a loud sound was heard in the area.
"The car was just in the building, it was smoking a little bit and there was a small fire in the engine," Kay Byers, who was at a nearby Circle K, said. "It sounded like sheet metal fell from a truck."
Detectives are investigating.
