Unarmed Man Slain by Police After Traffic Stop

The unarmed man who was shot and killed by Alhambra police Thursday after he bolted from his car during a traffic stop has been identified as a 33-year-old transient. But authorities declined to release his name until the man’s relatives have been notified.

Police said they stopped the man about 4 a.m. when they noticed his car traveling slowly on Valley Boulevard with the headlights out. After officers questioned him about who owned the vehicle, the man sprinted from the car, police said.

Officers ran after him and were searching the area around an apartment building when the man lunged from a dark stairway, police said. He was shot once in the chest.