Officer Kills Man in South Gate
A South Gate police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at the officer during a confrontation Sunday at a motel, Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators said.
The identity of the dead gunman was withheld, pending notification of next of kin. Investigators declined to name the officer.
The shooting took place about 10:15 a.m. Sunday at the Gateway Motel, in the 8900 block of Atlantic Boulevard.
A South Gate officer on routine patrol spotted a man in his late 20s or early 30s walking toward the motel with a gun in his waistband, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Elisabeth Sachs.
The officer ordered the man to raise his hands but the man continued walking toward the motel, she said. The man started pounding on a motel room door and then turned toward the officer when no one answered the door, Sachs said.
The man drew the gun and pointed it at the officer, ignoring a command to drop the weapon, she said. The officer shot the man several times, Sachs said.
The man was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, where he was pronounced dead.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the shooting at the request of South Gate police.
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