School District Official Shot in Follow-Home Robbery Bid

A Los Angeles school district official was shot and slightly wounded during an apparent follow-home robbery attempt in the underground garage of his Tarzana condominium, police said today.

Daniel M. Isaacs, 50, assistant superintendent in charge of high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, was treated for a shoulder wound and released from Tarzana Medical Center after the shooting about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Robert Johansen said.

Isaacs and his wife, Sandy, had just driven into the garage at their condominium in 18700 block of Hatteras Street when a gunman slipped through the open garage door, Johansen said.

“She saw the man with a gun and screamed, and her husband turned and confronted the suspect,” Johansen said. “There was a verbal exchange and the suspect fired twice.”

One bullet struck Daniel Isaacs in the left shoulder, and the gunman ran from the garage without taking anything from the victims, police said. No arrests were made.

“We believe that this was a robbery attempt,” Lt. William Gaida said. “It has all appearances of a follow-home robbery.”