Sheriff’s Homicide Investigators are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding a deputy-involved shooting and murder at the Rosa Parks Station in Willowbrook.
Deputies from the Transit Services Bureau were flagged down by a Metro rail patron who advised them a man had just been shot on the C-Line Platform at the Metro station. Four deputies responded and discovered a male Hispanic suspect waiting on the platform. The suspect jumped down to the eastbound rail tracks and pointed and fired a handgun at the deputies. Deputies returned fire striking the suspect.
The suspect sustained gunshot wounds and was transported to a nearby hospital. His condition remains unknown. No deputies were injured.
Responding deputies discovered a Hispanic male between 50 and 60 lying unresponsive on the platform. He sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video and learned the suspect had shot the victim once in the head prior to deputies arriving at the platform. The suspect then waited near the top of the stairs. As deputies topped the stairway to investigate the reported shooting, the suspect jumped down onto the tracks, pointed a gun at the deputies and a deputy-involved shooting occurred.
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DATE: Sunday, November 21, 2021
REPORTED AT: 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: 11600 block of Willowbrook Avenue, Los Angeles
VICTIMS: Male Adult
SUSPECT: Male Adult
UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Derrick Alfred
NARRATIVE:
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are responding to the 11600 block of Willowbrook Avenue, in the city of Los Angeles regarding a shooting death investigation. The incident occurred on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at approximately 2:00 p.m.
The male adult victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The male adult suspect was transported to a local hospital.
There is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
Forwarded by:
Deputy Eva Jimenez
Sheriff's Information Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street
Los Angeles California 90012
http://www.lasd.org
213-229-1700
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