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A suspect who allegedly attacked family members with a pair of scissors was fatally wounded in a deputy-involved shooting in Pico Rivera, authorities said Sunday.
No deputies were injured in connection with the shooting, which occurred at 4:45 p.m. Saturday in the 3400 block of Greenglade Avenue, according Deputy Kimberly Alexander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Information Bureau.
The 50-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, Alexander said.
The shooting occurred as deputies responded to a report of a man with a history of mental illness stabbing family members with a pair of scissors, she said.
“Two Pico Rivera Station deputies arrived on the scene and encountered the suspect in the street. He was holding an object in his right hand,” Alexander said. “He began walking aggressively towards the deputies and refused the commands to stop and drop the object.”
One deputy fired a stun bag round striking the suspect in the torso, she said. He continued moving towards the deputies refusing to drop the object.
“As a result, a deputy-involved shooting occurred with both deputies firing their duty weapons,” Alexander said. “A sharp bladed object was recovered near the suspect’s body.”
There was no immediate word on injuries to the suspect’s family members, but a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department said firefighters responded to the scene and did not take anyone to a hospital.
— City News Service