Los Angeles police fatally shoot man after report of vehicle theft in progress
Los Angeles police fatally shot a man early Sunday after going to a home where there was a reported vehicle theft in progress, the department said.
Police went to the home in the 6300 block of South Hoover Street around 5:20 a.m. after a call about a theft with the “suspect there now,” the L.A. Police Department said in a statement posted on social media.
Officers said they found a man in his 30s in a vehicle parked in the driveway. They said he had a gun.
Many buildings in Lahaina have yet to be searched. More than 2,000 structures, mostly residences, have been reported damaged or destroyed.
An unknown number of officers shot the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
There were no further details late Sunday on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
A gun was found at the scene, police officials said.
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