GARDENA, Calif. (AP) — A person who fired on Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and killed a police dog was shot and killed after a 33-hour standoff, authorities said.
The 63-year-old man died on the scene Thursday in an apartment within the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena. His name wasn’t immediately released.
Gardena police Sgt. Brian Messina said the person barricaded himself in his apartment Wednesday morning after he shot at a neighbor sitting in a automobile during a dispute, the Southern California News Group reported.
One bullet hit the automobile door however the neighbor wasn’t injured.
After a day of failed attempts to barter with the person by phone, Gardena police asked for help from the Sheriff’s Department, authorities said.
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Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday, members of a SWAT team and a K9 team dog named Jack entered the apartment, where the gunman opened fire and deputies fired back, killing him, a Sheriff’s Department statement said.
Jack, who had been with the department since 2019, also died on the scene.
The dog, a Belgium Malinois imported from the Netherlands, “saved quite a few lives and courageously protected members of the bureau during countless tactical operations,” Sheriff Robert Luna tweeted Friday.
“K9 Jack was a really social dog with the center of a warrior,” Luna wrote.
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