A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was critically injured and a theft suspect was killed in a taking pictures in Lancaster on Saturday evening.
About 7:20 p.m., deputies responded to a report of an armed theft occurring on the 1200 block of Meadow View, the Sheriff’s Division mentioned in a information launch.
Deputies quickly positioned a suspect within the 1000 block of Avenue J12, the division mentioned.
Officers mentioned within the launch that the deputies tried to detain the suspect, who then “produced a firearm and fired at deputies.”
One deputy was shot and brought to a hospital, the place he was in important situation however secure, the division mentioned.
L.A. County paramedics tried to supply medical support to the suspect, however he was pronounced lifeless on the scene, officers mentioned. The division supplied no different details about the suspect aside from that he was a person.
Officers are persevering with to research the taking pictures. Anybody with data ought to contact the sheriff’s Murder Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
