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**LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE CORRECTION**

1100 block of West Avenue H14, Lancaster

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau detectives responded to the 1100 block of West Avenue H14, Lancaster, to investigate the circumstances surrounding a Deputy-Involved Shooting that occurred on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at approximately 5:45 p.m.

When homicide detectives arrived, they learned that Operation Safe Street deputies were working undercover in surveillance mode, in support of a robbery investigation. The deputies were in an unmarked car, when the suspect approached them at the front driver-side window. The suspect was wearing a makeshift mask that concealed the lower half of his face and pointed a gun at the deputies. Fearing for their lives, the deputies fired their weapons at the suspect from within the car, striking the suspect several times. The suspect then ran in a northwest direction and was later located in a yard on the 45000 block of Kingtree Avenue, Lancaster. We believe the suspect intended to rob our deputies.

The suspect sustained several gunshot wounds and was transported to a local hospital where he is being treated for his injuries.

The suspect is a male adult in his 20’s. Due to the active investigation, no further suspect information will be given at this time.

A weapon was recovered at the scene. The weapon was discovered to be a Co2 BB Gun similar to the one depicted in the attached photo.  It is incidents like these that once again raise the issues of altering replica weapons to look like lethal firearms, which in this case, resulted in an Officer-Involved Shooting.

No deputies were injured.

The investigation is still ongoing.

There is no further information 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), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Forwarded by:

Deputy Trina Schrader

Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Hall of Justice - First floor 

211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-229-1700

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#LASD Deputy-Involved Shooting, Suspect Injured, 45300 blk Kingtree Ave, Lancaster

DATE: Tuesday, January 12, 2016      

TIME: 5:44PM

LOCATION: 45300 block of Kingtree Avenue, Lancaster

SUSPECT: Male-Adult

UNIT: LASD Homicide Bureau, Lieutenant Lewandowski

NARRATIVE:

Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives are enroute to 45300 block of Kingtree Avenue, Lancaster, to investigate the circumstances surrounding a Deputy-Involved Shooting.  The suspect was injured by gun-fire. No Deputies were injured.  

The victim was transported to a local hospital and his condition is unknown at this time.    

There is no further information at this time. 

Whenever a Deputy Involved Shooting occurs involving Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies and it results in the wounding of a suspect, multiple independent investigations immediately begin at the scene.  These include separate investigations by the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau and Internal Affairs Bureau.  The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department immediately notifies the Office of the Inspector General who sends a representative to the incident scene and provides independent oversight throughout the investigative process.  Once concluded, every aspect of the shooting is reviewed by the Sheriff's Executive Force Review Committee.  The Office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney also participates in the investigatory process and conducts a legal analysis of the shooting.

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), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by:

Crystal Hernandez, Deputy

Vincent Plair, Sergeant

Sheriff's Information Bureau - Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

(213) 229-1700

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