A man confronted officers with a handgun at the Culver City police station Saturday and was shot and killed, homicide detectives confirmed.
The shooting occurred at 7:40 a.m. at the Culver City Police Department, 4040 Duquesne Ave. Sheriff's deputies were called in by the Culver City Police Department to investigate the officer-involved shooting under a longstanding policy, they said.
Lt. Dave Pullman told KNX radio that the man had followed a police car as it was driven into the locked yard, and the suspect was armed with a handgun.
"Three officers commanded him to drop it, at which time he raised the gun at officers,'' Pullman told the radio station. Two Culver City officers fired.
"Because I don't know what was inside his head,'' Pullman told KNX he could not confirm it was a "suicide by cop.''
"But obviously he came to a police station with a gun.''
No officers were wounded.
-City News Service contributed to this report.
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