Authorities on Friday identified a man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police a short time after he allegedly shot and killed another man.
The officer-involved shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near Third and Matthews streets.
Roberto Rodriguez, 39, died of Monterey Park died at the scene, said coroner’s Chief Craig Harvey.
Rodriguez was a suspect in the shooting death a few minutes earlier of a 29-year-old man near Fourth and Soto streets, said LAPD Officer Nuria Vanegas.
Officers were patrolling in the area when they heard gunshots and saw a wounded man collapse, Vanegas said. “The suspect was running in the area and they went after him,” she said.
A gun was recovered at the scene of the fatal officer-involved shooting. The circumstances of both shootings remained under investigation.
The name of the victim of the first shooting was being withheld pending family notification, according to the coroner’s office.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the LAPD Force Investigation Division at (213) 486-5230, or (877) LAPD-247.
— City News Service