A Limited Liability Company

Cal-Con owns a commercial property with a small building on Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles, which it leases to a bar operator.  The business is known as the

Orpheum Lounge.  Recently a murder may have been committed on the property.  Cal-Con has been sued by the family of a man who was found dead from gunshot

wounds in the parking area behind the bar. They allege that, as the owner, Cal-Con should have provided security.  The following is an outline of what we know so

far.

The Property is about one-third of an acre.  The Building fronts Santa Fe Avenue at a corner.  Lights are attached to the Building, but there are no lights in the back

of the Property.   A 24-hour tow truck company is behind the Property and its yard lights partially illuminate the rear parking area.   Except for the bar at the front,

the Property is vacant land.   Because of its corner location, neighbors tend to drive through the Property to get to the other street.  We have had a few minor

incidents during the last few years, but nothing this serious.

In their complaint the heirs allege that the victim was shot in the parking area on July 5, 2011 at about 1:15 a.m.  He was found next to his car in the rear of our

Property. We have no additional information on how, why or where he was shot.  The police have no information on a possible suspect.

The bar owner was home when the incident occurred.  Sylvia, a bartender,  was the only employee of the bar at the Property.  She decided to close early because

most customers had left for the night – there were only three people in the bar.  At 1:00 a.m. she began the closing procedure, which included locking doors and

setting a building alarm.  Sylvia’s car was parked along the side of the Building.  When she got into the car around 1:15 a.m., Sylvia heard several gun shots.  She

started driving away and, as her car entered the street, Sylvia saw a man running north along Santa Fe Avenue.