Overview

• Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to the Route 66 Gas station at Durfee and Garvey in El Monte.
• The man was pronounced dead at the scene after police opened fire, and a woman was transported to a hospital with unspecified injuries.
• Aerial footage showed officers performing CPR beside a badly damaged sedan near police SUVs that appeared to have been struck.
• Authorities reported no officers were injured, and Garvey Avenue was closed from Durfee to Valley for the investigation.
• Officials have not detailed what led to the gunfire or whether a weapon was recovered, and El Monte police and the California Department of Justice are continuing inquiries.