A man shot Tuesday morning by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was in critical but stable condition, authorities said.
The man was injured about 11:30 a.m. in the 600 block of Bear Street in Bell after a standoff with authorities. Officers from the Bell Police Department, who had responded to a report of a man with a gun, tried unsuccessfully to persuade the suspect to exit the home, said sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Bell police called a sheriff’s SWAT team, which responded with an armored vehicle carrier.
"As we were staging, the suspect exited the front door armed with a handgun and began to advance in the direction of the deputies," Whitmore said. "Fearing for safety, one of the deputies opened fire."
Whitmore said a .45-caliber handgun was recovered from the scene. The suspect’s name and age were not released.
— Robert J. Lopez