A sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man who tried to grab the deputy's firearm during a struggle late Saturday in Cudahy, authorities said.
The shooting happened about 10 p.m. Saturday on Walnut Street near Otis Avenue, said Sgt. Harry Drucker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Headquarters Bureau.
Initially, East Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a fight and a man with a gun in the 4400 block of Elizabeth Street in the small city just south of East Los Angeles.
A deputy was following the suspect's vehicle seen leaving the area when the vehicle pulled over on Walnut Street, West of Otis Avenue, sheriff’s homicide officials said.
A man stepped out of the vehicle and advanced on the deputy, ignoring the commands to stop. The suspect attempted to take the deputy's duty firearm at which time, the deputy feared for his life and fired one round, striking the suspect in the upper torso, sheriff’s officials said.
“The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead,” Drucker said.
No deputies were injured.
Anyone with information about this incident can contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.