One arrest was announced by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The Brea Police Department later said two people were arrested in the case.
No details were released, but Orange County Sheriff Todd Spitzer and local law enforcement officials are expected to discuss the case at a press conference scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday.
The development in the investigation comes two days after the convenience store chain offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the masked man.
Along with the victims, three other victims were injured in the attacks.
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An employee, Matthew Hirsch, 40, was shot and killed at a Brea store and Matthew Rule, 24, was shot and killed in a Santa Ana store parking lot during a 5-hour standoff Monday morning.
Police in Ontario, Upland, Riverside and La Habra said they believe the 7-Eleven robberies there are also connected.
A customer was shot in the head and critically injured at a Riverside store, and two people, one of whom was an employee, were shot in La Habra but were expected to survive.
One victim, Russell Browning, 60, lost several of his teeth when the gunman shot him in the mouth as he sat in his car, the station reported. The bullet exited his cheek.
Browning had gotten milk and donuts from the store and was on his way to work as a truck driver, his family said.
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Immediately after the crimes, authorities shared images of a masked man wearing the same black hoodie with a hood over his head. The sweatshirt had white lettering with green leaves on the front.
All of the attacks took place on July 11 – or 7/11, the day the company celebrates its anniversary.
However, investigators have not said whether the date may have played a role in the attacks.
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