The Latest: Wanted man shot at deputies after facing arrest
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The Latest on a shooting outside a suburban Los Angeles County sheriff's station (all times local):
4:15 p.m.
Officials say a man opened fire on Los Angeles sheriff's deputies in the parking lot of their station after they tried to arrest him on a felony warrant.
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Sheriff's officials say in a statement Monday afternoon that the 47-year-old man was wanted for a felony sex crime.
They say the man walked into the sheriff's station in Temple City, about 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles, and told a deputy he wanted to register as a sex offender.
The statement says the man ran out of the station when deputies tried to take him into custody.
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Officials say deputies chased him outside and the man hopped into his car and grabbed a shotgun. A gunfight then ensued.
After a short standoff, the man was found dead inside his car. Investigators believe the man took his own life.
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10 a.m.
Authorities say a man who opened fire on Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in the parking lot of a sheriff's station had attempted to register as a sex offender minutes before the shooting.
Sheriff Jim McDonnell says deputies felt "something was amiss" when the 47-year-old walked into the sheriff's station in Temple City on Monday morning.
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McDonnell says the deputies followed the man into the parking lot, and he opened fire on them. McDonnell says the man hopped into his SUV and engaged in a gunbattle with deputies from his car.
A SWAT team arrived about 20 minutes later and found the man dead inside the vehicle.
Authorities believe he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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His name wasn't immediately released.
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8:35 a.m.
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A Los Angeles County sheriff's spokeswoman says a man who fired at sheriff's deputies in the parking lot of a suburban sheriff's station has died.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says the suspect was found dead early Monday after a SWAT team approached a vehicle at the Temple City station. She couldn't immediately provide any additional details.
Video from news helicopters showed deputies taking cover behind patrol vehicles with their guns pointed at a car in the parking lot.
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Authorities said shots were fired at the station around 7:15 a.m. Monday. They said sheriff's personnel had "engaged the suspect to neutralize the threat."
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8:25 a.m.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says someone fire gunshots at its suburban Temple City station and its personnel.
A department statement says Temple station personnel "engaged the suspect to neutralize the threat" but doesn't say specifically what action was taken early Monday.
A sheriff's SWAT team has taken charge of the response.
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8:07 a.m.
A shooting has been reported at the Los Angeles County sheriff's station in Temple City.
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Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida confirms shots were fired at the station around 7:15 a.m. Monday, but cannot immediately provide details.
It's not immediately clear if anyone was struck by the gunfire, but no deputies were injured.
Nishida says preliminary information indicates there may be a suspect in a parking lot at the station.