Long Beach police fatally shoot man armed with replica gun during home invasion
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Police Saturday are continuing their investigation into a Long Beach Police officer's fatal shooting of an alleged armed suspect.
Officers say the suspect broke into a home in Long Beach.
Long Beach Police Department officers responded to a call just after 8:30 p.m. Friday at the 6800 block of Cerritos Ave. Officers said they received a report of a person with a gun inside a residence.
Arriving officers said they learned that an armed suspect was still in the yard of the home following an armed home-invasion robbery. Officers say they were able to safely remove three people from inside the home.
Officers then surrounded the house and contacted the male suspect, who authorities said they observed to be armed with a firearm.
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According to authorities, officers engaged in verbal de-escalation with the suspect for over an hour.
The department had activated the SWAT team, who were on scene and preparing to deploy, when the officer-involved shooting occurred.
The suspect was struck once in the upper body. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics treated and transported the suspect to a local hospital, where he later died.
Officers said a replica firearm was recovered at the scene. It is not clear if the suspect was armed with a real firearm.
No other injuries were reported and no officers were injured in the incident.
The investigation is ongoing. On Sunday, California Attoreney General Rob Bonta announced that the California Department of Justice will independently investigate the shooting.