Detectives are trying to figure out why the 47-year-old man attacked deputies just before 7:30 in the morning. LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell says he went inside the lobby to register as a sex offender but was acting very odd and left.
“They followed the suspect out into the parking lot and at that point, the suspect engaged the deputies in gunfire.”
Captain Steve Katz says he went back to his SUV and began shooting at deputies with a shotgun.
“The deputies did engage in a gun battle with the suspect. It appears, at this time, that the suspect is deceased by way of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
No deputies were hurt in the gun fight.