HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. – Los Angeles County deputies shot and killed an assault suspect in Hacienda Heights on Thursday.
What we know:
The shooting happened around 4 p.m. at a home on Sigman Avenue in Hacienda Heights, according to the LASD.
Deputies responded to a home after reports that a man was assaulting a woman with a knife. When they got there, they heard screaming from inside the home, officials told FOX 11.
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According to Lt. Daniel Vizcarra of the LASD’s Homicide Bureau, when deputies went into the house, they saw a man “armed with two large knives.” That’s when they shot the man.
Paramedics took the man to the hospital, where he died. No one else was injured.
What we don’t know:
The man who died was not identified.
The Source: Information in this story is from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and an interview with Lieutenant Daniel Vizcarra of the LASD Homicide Bureau.
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