A man suspected of a string of crimes — including taking someone hostage and firing a gun at three family members — was fatally shot by police Friday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
A man suspected of a string of crimes, including taking someone hostage and firing a gun at three family members, was fatally shot by police Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Shortly after 4 p.m. local time Friday, police started receiving calls of"a man armed with a gun committing several crimes in the area of 8th and Broadway," the LAPD said in a series of posts on Twitter. The suspect, who was not named, had held a gun to another man's face and pulled the trigger, but it did not fire, police said.The suspect then moved down the street and entered a business where he encountered three family members, including a 14-year-old.
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