A man killed himself at Universal Studios Hollywood today near the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride He had just had an argument with his estranged girlfriend.
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Update
At around 2:20 pacific time, Los Angeles Sherriff authorizes received and responded to a call regarding an incident at Universal Studios Hollywood. When they arrived at the theme park, they found a man dead by a self inflicted gunshot wound in the designated smoking area near the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem attraction.
The team park staff reacted quickly and started distributing bottled water to park guests that made their way into the nearby attractions to shield themselves from what was going on.
The park checks bags when entering the park but reports from guests today say the inspection of bags is very minimal. Calls for metal detectors have started circulating around. Whether metal detectors may have prevented this disturbing incident is unknown but it is an added layer of inspection. We'll post more updates as we get them.