Authorities Monday identified a man who was fatally shot by a Monrovia woman when he allegedly violated a restraining order and went to her home armed with a knife.
The shooting occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of South Shamrock Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The man was identified as Thanh Cong Le, 42, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. His city of residence was not known.
Officers from the Monrovia Police Department responded to the scene after a woman phoned dispatchers saying a man with a restraining order was at her home and armed with a knife. Arriving officers found the man dead.
Sheriff’s officials said an investigation revealed that he went to the home to stab the woman and another man, “and to stop the threat, the white female adult discharged a firearm.”
“The female adult and male adult provided voluntary statements and were not arrested,” the department added. A firearm and several knives allegedly used were recovered at the scene.
The case was turned over to the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau for investigation.