Homicide Suspect Killed By LAPD In Sherman Oaks

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — A young man wanted in connection with a homicide was shot and killed by a Los Angeles Police Department officer at Kester Avenue and Burbank Boulevard in the Sherman Oaks area Wednesday morning.

A man in his 20s who was wanted in connection with a murder and a liquor store robbery was killed Wednesday in an officer-involved shooting in the Van Nuys area. No officers were injured in the shooting, which occurred about 10:25 a.m. near Kester Avenue and Burbank Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Plainclothes officers were conducting surveillance on the suspect, a Van Nuys resident whose name was not immediately released, in the 5400 block of Kester and were attempting to take him into custody when the shooting occurred, according to LAPD Sgt. Barry Montgomery.

"They attempted to take him into custody and it simply went really bad ...," Montgomery said.

The suspect died at the scene. A gun was recovered, according to the sergeant.

The suspect was wanted in connection with a robbery about 11 p.m. Tuesday at a liquor store near the intersection of Burbank and Kester and the shooting death of a 52-year-old Panorama City man around 12:25 p.m. Monday in the 14600 block of Burbank Boulevard.

The homicide victim, identified by the county coroner's office as Antonio Rodriguez, died at the scene of the noon-hour shooting on Monday.

Montgomery told reporters at the OIS scene that investigators "have been scouring the area, talking to witnesses, and looking at evidence and they believe the suspect involved in this officer-involved shooting is the suspect responsible for both of those crimes."

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