Sunday, October 16, 2011

Pomona police shoot, kill man

Pomona police shoot, kill man

Pomona police shot and killed a man Sunday morning.
The shooting took place on the 900 block of West Holt Avenue at about 8:40 a.m., according to Deputy Guillermina Saldana of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. 
An unknown number of officers fired on a black man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, Saldana said. She had no further details on the circumstances. Pomona police referred all inquires to the Sheriff's Department, which was called in to investigate the officer-involved shooting.
Investigators remained on scene Sunday afternoon.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/pomona-police-kill-man.html

L.A. County sheriff investigating fatal shooting by Pomona police


Pomona police shot and killed a man Sunday morning after confronting him and a woman in an alley, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating.

The shooting occurred in the 900 block of West Holt Avenue about 8:40 a.m., when two Pomona officers encountered the pair and “the male became uncooperative and violent,” a sheriff’s press release said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name and age have not been released.

No other information was available Sunday.

--Abby Sewell
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/sheriff-investigating-fatal-shooting-of-man-by-pomona-police.html

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