Covina police shot and killed a suspect, authorities said Sunday.
The shooting was reported at 10:10 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of East Arrow Highway, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Paramedics took the man to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Koerner said. The man’s name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Sheriff’s homicide detectives were conducting an investigation into the shooting, Koerner said.
Details about what led up to the shooting were not available, but NBC4 reported that it occurred outside a liquor store, and said investigators were recovering evidence from the store’s parking lot.
Pablo Hernandez, who works near the shooting site, told CBS2 that he heard five to seven gunshots.
“I saw officers walk up to the suspect and start giving him CPR,” he told the station. “I’ve seen another suspect being handcuffed so I know there was two but I didn’t see anyone else.”
There are a number of security cameras near the shooting site and detectives were trying to collect surveillance video from those cameras.
In addition to the sheriff’s homicide investigation, the fatal OIS will be investigated by the LASD’s Internal Affairs Bureau Force/Shooting Response Team and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office Justice System Integrity Division.
Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call LASD homicide detectives at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.