Suspect killed by deputies in shooting in Lake Los Angeles

A man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County deputies Thursday morning in Lake Los Angeles, authorities said.

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lancaster Station evacuated some residents in the area around 10 a.m. after a report of a man with a gun.

The area between 166th Street E. to 170th Street E. from Stagecoach Avenue to Rawhide Avenue was closed as deputies searched the area.

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The shooting happened just after 11 a.m. in the 39400 block of 167th Street E. 

"The suspect was hit by gunfire and pronounced deceased at the scene," the sheriff's department wrote in a press release.

No deputies were injured in the shooting

Additional details were not immediately available.

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