Armed suspect killed in LAPD police shootout at Vantage Point Inn in Woodland Hills
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A suspect police say was armed with a gun was shot and killed by officers responding to a call in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles Sunday night.
The incident began with a report of an armed man at a motel in the 21700 block of Ventura Boulevard around 10:15 p.m.
“As officers arrived to the scene, they encountered the armed suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” the Los Angeles Police Department posted on X Monday morning.
After the shooting, police said the suspect ran from officers, who then set up a perimeter to search for him.
A SWAT team and Metro K9 unit helped locate the suspect, who was suffering from gunshot wounds, inside a motel.
The unidentified man was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Video showed police tape closing a portion of Ventura Boulevard as investigators focused their attention on the Vantage Point Inn.
A weapon belonging to the suspect was recovered at the scene and no officers or community members were injured in the incident, the LAPD stated.