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Los Angeles TImes:
Authorities are trying to piece together the chain of events that left two El Monte police officers fatally shot after responding to a call at a local motel.
The incident occurred at the Siesta Inn near Central and Garvey avenues.
At a news conference Tuesday night, Capt. Andrew Meyer, who leads the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau, confirmed that officers responded to a call for a possible stabbing at a motel, that they confronted the suspect in a motel room and fired their weapons, and that the suspect ran out of the room and into a parking lot, where the officers fired again.
Three officers opened fire during the encounter, a source in the Sheriff’s Department told The Times. The shooting was reported around 4:47 p.m., according to the department.
Two officers and the suspect were hit by gunfire, Meyer said. The officers were taken to L.A. County-USC Medical Center, where they died. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
El Monte, CA - June 14: Investigators look over the body of a suspect at a scene after a shooting which left two officers and the suspect dead on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in El Monte, CA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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