EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) A suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire and a SWAT officer was shot after an hours-long standoff in Exposition Park Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles police said.
LAPD and a SWAT team responded around noon to the 1000 block of West 21 Street after reports of a man firing a rifle into the air in the backyard of a home, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said during a news conference.
Police attempted to persuade the man to surrender and exit the home he was holed up in, but when the suspect refused, the SWAT team deployed tear gas into the residence, Moore added.