A suspect police say was armed with a gun was shot and killed by officers responding to a call in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles Sunday night.
The incident began with a report of an armed man at a motel in the 21700 block of Ventura Boulevard around 10:15 p.m.
“As officers arrived to the scene, they encountered the armed suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” the Los Angeles Police Department posted on X Monday morning.
After the shooting, police said the suspect ran from officers who then set up a perimeter to search for him.
A SWAT team and Metro K9 unit helped locate the suspect, who was suffering from gunshot wounds, inside a motel.
The unidentified man was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Video showed police tape closing a portion of Ventura Boulevard as investigators focused their attention on the Vantage Point Inn.
A weapon belonging to the suspect was recovered at the scene and no officers or community members were injured in the incident, the LAPD stated.
Investigators are in the early stages of the investigation and will be reviewing body-worn video, as well as other video and physical evidence, the post read.
A suspect police say was armed with a gun was shot and killed by officers responding to a call in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles Sunday night. The incident began with a report of an armed man at a motel in the 21700 block of Ventura Boulevard around 10:15 p.m. “As officers arrived […]
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