Deputy-Involved Shooting, 11400 Block S. Vermont Ave., Unincorporated L.A. Suspect hit by gunfire. Deputy hit by car.
DATE: Friday, April 26, 2013
TIME: 2:45 P.M.
LOCATION:11400 block of Vermont Avenue, Unincorporated South Los Angeles
SUSPECT: Male Adult
UNIT: LASD Homicide Bureau (Lieutenant Corina)
NARRATIVE: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are at the 11400 block of South Vermont Avenue, Unincorporated Los Angeles, to investigate the circumstances surrounding a deputy-involved shooting wherein the suspect was hit by gunfire. A deputy was injured when hit by a car and transported to a local hospital, and is reportedly in stable condition.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
Whenever a Deputy-Involved Shooting occurs involving Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies, and it results in a fatality of a suspect, multiple independent investigations immediately begin at the scene. These include separate investigations by the Offices of the L.A. County District Attorney and the L.A. County Coroner, in addition to Sheriff's Homicide Bureau and Internal Affairs Bureau. Attorneys with the Los Angeles Office of Independent Review also respond to the scene, and have full access to the facts known to the sheriff's department throughout every phase of these thorough investigations. Once concluded, every aspect of the shooting is reviewed by the Sheriff's Executive Force Review Committee.
Authored by:
Kim Manatt, Deputy
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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