LA Trader Joe's Standoff Suspect Fought With Grandma: Cousins

The suspect in the deadly L.A. Trader Joe’s standoff on Saturday had been fighting with his grandmother, whom he lived with, family told NBC

Gene Atkins, 28, is accused of shooting his grandmother and girlfriend, leading police on a car chase, then crashing into the busy Silver Lake supermarket where he held dozens of people hostage in an hourslong standoff with the police. 

One woman, Trader Joe’s manager Melyda “Mely” Maricela Corado, was killed in a shootout between police and