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Deadly standoff in Downey

EMTs evaluate victims who were in a car that collided with a suspected car jacker on Lakewood Blvd. before he fled into a nearby restaurant.

EMTs evaluate victims who were in a car that collided with a suspected car jacker on Lakewood Blvd. before he fled into a nearby restaurant.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Downey standoff

DOWNEY, CA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 - Authorities investigate the scene where a car jacker was killed after running into a Chris and Pitts restaurant on Lakewood Blvd.. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Downey standoff

DOWNEY, CA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 - Authorities investigate the scene where a car jacker was killed after running into a Chris & Pitts restaurant. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Evacuated

People who were evacuated wait outside the Downey restaurant that became the site of a standoff Thursday night.

  (Rob Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Downey standoff

DOWNEY, CA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 - Authorities investigate the scene where a car jacker was killed after running into a Chris and Pitts restaurant. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Downey standoff

DOWNEY, CA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 - Authorities investigate the scene where a car jacker was killed after running into a Chris & Pitts restaurant. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Downey standoff

People evacuated from Chris and Pitts restaurant wait to be led back to their cars minutes after a suspected car jacker was shot to death in the eatery

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Downey standoff

Police put up yellow tape outside Chris’ & Pitt’s barbecue restaurant in Downey.

  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)

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