GARDENA, Calif. – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man who had barricaded himself in Gardena, authorities said Friday.
Deputies from the department’s Special Enforcement Bureau were assisting the Gardena Police Department in trying to convince the suspect to surrender at 7:51 p.m. Thursday in the 1700 block of West Rosecrans Avenue when he was shot, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information about this shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to 800-222-8477 or at lacrimestoppers.org.
