An armed man was shot and killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy in Santa Clarita, authorities said Thursday.
The shooting occurred at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday during a “possible burglary in progress” near the intersection of Island Road and Bridgeport Lane, Deputy Brenda Serna of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau told City News Service.
The suspect was armed with two knives and lunged at deputies and one deputy opened fire on him, according to a sheriff’s statement.
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies recovered two knives at the scene.
Only one deputy was involved in the shooting, Serna said.
The age of the suspect was not immediately known.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.
In Santa Ana, a suspect was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop, authorities said Thursday.
The shooting happened around 2:05 p.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of South McClay Street, according to Sgt. Maria Lopez of the Santa Ana Police Department.
Officers stopped a vehicle with three men inside and during the traffic stop they encountered one of the men with a handgun and the officers opened fire, police said.
The suspect sustained gunshot wounds to his upper torso and paramedics with Orange County Fire Authority took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Lopez said.
The other two men and the officers were not injured during the shooting.
