Overview

• The shooting occurred shortly before 7 a.m. near Fay Elementary in the City Heights/Colina del Sol area around the 5100 block of Orange Avenue.
• A school staff member reported a person on campus, prompting a lockdown, and the school later reopened, according to the district.
• Police say the man was armed with a gun and a knife, and investigators recovered both weapons at the scene.
• Witnesses reported hearing about 10 gunshots, officers performed CPR, and the man died at the scene; no officers were injured.
• Oversight of the investigation was reported differently, with one account citing the county sheriff’s homicide unit and another citing the California Department of Justice.