A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy shot and killed a man in East Los Angeles on Saturday night, the department said in a statement.
Officers were dispatched to a report of a “person with a gun” in the City Terrace neighborhood around 9:30 p.m. “When officers arrived on scene, the suspect pulled out a gun and an involved shooting occurred,” he said. the Department. “A replica firearm was recovered at the scene.”
A description of the replica was not provided.
The incident, described as a “commercial disturbance,” occurred in the 3600 block of Pomeroy Street, a residential neighborhood filled with small businesses. After the shooting, the county fire department declared the man dead at the scene. He was not identified in the sheriff's report.
The California Department of Justice will investigate the shooting.
