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<\/p>\nNewly released body camera footage shows the deputies negotiating with an armed suspect holding his child hostage outside of his girlfriend’s Los Angeles County home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The LA County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 8000 block of Alhambra Avenue in Paramount after Marcos Alfonso, 35, allegedly threatened people with a gun at his girlfriend’s home and took their child. LASD also released a recording of the 911 call, where Alfonso’s girlfriend said the 35-year-old got into a car with their son.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alfonso exited the car as deputies arrived and pointed a handgun at them as he walked onto the nearby porch. He was holding his 2-year-old child in one arm and the firearm in his other hand, according to LASD.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A low-resolution still from a deputy’s body camera shows the suspect holding the child while gripping a handgun, according to LASD.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Deputies took cover behind nearby vehicles as they tried to negotiate with Alfonso and convince him to drop the handgun and release his toddler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the body camera footage, Alfonso repeatedly told deputies to shoot and refused to surrender. After 25 minutes, he pointed the handgun at deputies. In response, a deputy armed with a rifle shot Alfonso before others rushed to the porch and rescued the child.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paramedics took Alfonso to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The child was unharmed, according to LASD.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The LA County Sheriff’s Department shared a photo of the firearm, which appears to be broken into two pieces.<\/p>\n
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The Sheriff’s Department shared a photo of Alfonso’s handgun, which appeared to be broken, with the pistol grip sheared off the rest of the firearm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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