Agoura Hills Man Faces Murder Charge In Deadly Costco Parking Lot Incident

CAMARILLO, CA — A 35-year-old Agoura Hills man was arrested on suspicion of murder after striking and killing a man in the Camarillo Costco parking lot Tuesday night, according to authorities.

The victim, a 28-year-old man from Modesto, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to the Costco parking lot at around 8:37 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a man struck by a vehicle near the gas pumps, authorities said.

When deputies arrived, witnesses directed them to the driver involved in the incident, identified as 35-year-old Abba Bryski of Agoura Hills, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Bryski was detained at the scene and later arrested and booked into the Ventura County Jail on suspicion of murder.

Bryski, who is listed in jail records as an educator and rabbi, also faces a felony charge of resisting an officer, the Ventura County Star reported, citing jail records.

He was being held on $3 million bail and was scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on Thursday, according to the newspaper.

The incident occurred at the site of a new Costco warehouse scheduled to open Oct. 30. The gas station opened May 1, months before the warehouse's planned opening, the Star reported.

Detectives with the sheriff's Major Crimes Bureau and Camarillo Investigations Unit responded to the scene. The Major Crimes Bureau is leading the investigation, which authorities are treating as a homicide, the Sheriff's Office said.

The Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office will determine the victim's cause and manner of death.

The investigation remains ongoing.