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Bell police are searching for the alleged accomplice of a man they shot and killed early Thursday morning after a car chase in South Gate.<\/p>\n
Police were following a white car from Bell to South Gate shortly after midnight when it crashed at Seville Avenue and Santa Ana Street, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Police and the car’s occupants fired at each other, and one of the officers hit the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, which is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n
\nThe other man escaped and authorities were still looking for him, officials said. No officers were injured.<\/p>\n
Authorities did not disclose what caused police to follow the men in the first place or what caused the officers to open fire.<\/p>\n
\n— My-Thuan Tran <\/p>\n
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