LOCAL : Police Kill Transient in Altadena
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Sheriff’s deputies investigating a burglary in an upscale Altadena neighborhood early today shot and killed a transient who came at them with a steel pry bar, authorities said.
The transient held the pry bar over his head and failed to heed warnings from four deputies, who retreated about 90 yards along Minoru Drive before opening fire, Deputy Rich Erickson said.
When the man continued his advance, bashing dents and smashing a window in one of the deputies’ patrol cars, three of the deputies opened fire, firing a total of four rounds.
The transient, a man in his early 30s, was hit four times and died at the scene. He was not immediately identified.
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