Deputies Kill Man Who Allegedly Opened Fire
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies attempting to serve an arrest warrant Friday morning at a house in a remote location near Sylmar shot and killed a man who deputies said stepped out of the house and opened fire on them.
The shooting occurred about 7:15 a.m., but the man’s body remained in front of the house until about 12:30 p.m. because deputies believed a second armed man was in the house.
It was not known if the man died immediately or during the more than five hours it took to determine that a second suspect was not in the house, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said.
Friday night, the house burst into flames but it was not known if the fire was related to the earlier incident, officials said.
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