Sheriff’s investigators were looking into what led an off-duty LAPD reserve officer to fatally shoot his underage son at the the family’s home in Monrovia, authorities said Friday.
The son allegedly confronted his father with a large object and was shot once in the chest in the 6 p.m. incident Thursday in the 100 block of Andre Street, said authorities familiar with the case who asked not to be identified because the investigation is ongoing.
“The victim acted in self-defense and shot and killed the juvenile subject,” said Deputy Guillermina Saldana of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
— Amina Khan
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