Overview
- Deputies were called around 9:30 p.m. to the 8000 block of Alhambra Avenue in Paramount on reports of an armed man.
- LASD says they negotiated for more than 25 minutes to secure a toddler's release before the man pointed a handgun at deputies.
- The Sheriff's Department later said the man held the 2-year-old as a human shield; the child's relationship to him remains unconfirmed.
- A deputy-involved shooting occurred about 9:59 p.m.; the man was transported to a hospital and was pronounced dead overnight.
- The child was not injured and was removed from the scene, and homicide detectives have launched a standard investigation with the man's identity withheld.