Full Notification

DATE:   Friday, November 12, 2021      
                            
TIME:  Approximately 3:52 a.m.
                               
LOCATION:  5700 Whittier Blvd, Commerce
    
SUSPECT:  Male Adult and Female Adult
  
HANDLING UNIT: Homicide Bureau – LT. Alfred
 
NARRATIVE:  
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Detectives are responding to investigate a deputy-involved shooting. The incident was reported Friday, November 12, 2021, at approximately 3:52 a.m., in the 5700 block of Whittier Boulevard, Commerce.
 
One of the suspects was struck by gunfire and was transported to a local hospital while it is unknown the cause of death of the second suspect.
 
One deputy sustained facial injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
 
There is no additional information available at this time.
 
Whenever a deputy-involved shooting occurs involving Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies, and no one is hit by the gunfire, multiple investigations immediately begin at the scene.  These include separate investigations by the Sheriff's Internal Affairs Bureau as well as sheriff's station or Detective Division investigators.  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.
 
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org 
 
 
Forwarded by:  
Deputy Grace Medrano   
Sheriff's Information Bureau 
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
211 West Temple Street
Los Angeles California 90012  
http://www.lasd.org    
213-229-1700  
   

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