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“Our suspect was holding some items of clothing in his hands, punched one of the officers in the face and then dropped the items in his hands,” the lieutenant said.

“The deputies noticed that inside the clothing items that he dropped was a black semi-automatic handgun.”

Two officers then opened fire and the man was struck by gunfire several times, Dean said.

The man, identified only as a Black man in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The lieutenant said the man was struck several times, “however we are unaware of exactly where, as we have not been able to move the body yet as we were waiting for the coroner’s office.”

“We still have to conduct our interviews of the investigating officers to see exactly what happened and transpired during the deputy-involved-shooting,” Dean said in response to questions on what prompted the use of force. “But if this individual was reaching for a semi-automatic handgun, I would suggest that, you know, that’s probably why deadly force was important.”

The man’s black semi-automatic handgun was recovered at the scene, officials said.

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