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Pomona Police Fatally Shoot Suspect

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies were helping investigate the incident, which occurred Saturday night.

Pomona police fatally shot a woman tonight, officials said.

It happened about 9:45 p.m. in the 900 block of West Holt Avenue, according to Deputy Irys Alvarez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Alvarez said.

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Sheriff's Homicide Bureau detectives were assisting Pomona police in the officer-involved shooting investigation, Alvarez said.

No officers were injured, she said.

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A witness at the scene said the woman was inside a room at the Deluxe Motel, and that U.S. Marshals had been observed at the scene.

The woman was an apparent suspect, but it was not revealed why she was sought.

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