CALIFORNIA — On December 27, 2015 a homicide occurred in Hollywood Division and LAPD detectives quickly identified a suspect. It was believed that the suspect who fled the scene used a firearm and was considered armed and dangerous.
Working with a Joint LAPD-FBI Fugitives Task Force, the investigators obtained search and arrest warrants for the suspect who was found in his parent’s home on the 3500 block of Strang Avenue in Rosemead, California.
Later that afternoon, LAPD officers surrounded the home and ordered the suspect to exit the house and surrender but the suspect refused. LAPD’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) personnel responded and used its crisis negotiators in an attempt to get the suspect to surrender.
Several hours later, after attempting to contact the suspect and the suspect continuing to refuse to surrender, SWAT personnel introduced tear gas into the house. At some point, however, the suspect entered the rear yard and then eventually climbed onto a storage shed with an object in his hand. Officers assigned to the rear containment team ordered the suspect to surrender but he turned and pointed the object toward the officers. A SWAT officer then fired his rifle striking the suspect who then fell from the storage-shed roof into the rear yard.
LAFD’s Tactical Emergency Medical Service personnel accompanying LAPD SWAT immediately rendered medical aid but he failed to respond and was pronounced dead at the scene. A hand-held torch lighter and cell phone were found next to the suspect.
LAPD’s Operations West Bureau Homicide Unit executed the search warrant and collected additional evidence at the home and from the suspect as part of its ongoing murder investigation.
