Police shooting of Huntington Park robbery suspect under investigation - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide investigators were trying to determine today why Huntington Park police shot and killed a robbery suspect whom they said was fleeing a crime scene.
Investigators said that two officers involved in the shooting Saturday night opened fire because they felt their lives were in danger. No weapons were recovered from the alleged robbery suspect. The sheriff’s department did not release the names of the suspect or the two police officers.
Huntington Park police were initially called about a report of a man with a gun in the 2100 block of Zoe Avenue, but that call was soon changed to an armed robbery, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Li.
When officers arrived, they saw a dark-colored vehicle leaving the scene and tried to initiate a traffic stop, Li said. A short pursuit followed. The vehicle stopped in an alley, where one of four men inside jumped out and began running through nearby residences, Li said.