By Melody Petersen
Los Angeles Occasions
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was critically injured and a theft suspect was killed in a capturing in Lancaster on Saturday night time (June 7).
About 7:20 p.m., deputies responded to a report of an armed theft taking place on the 1200 block of Meadow View, the Sheriff’s Division mentioned in a information launch.
Deputies quickly situated a suspect within the 1000 block of Avenue J12, the division mentioned.
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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 vital situation however secure, the division mentioned.
L.A. County paramedics tried to offer medical help to the suspect, however he was pronounced useless 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 capturing. Anybody with info ought to contact the sheriff’s Murder Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Times .
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