Bell police fatally shoot man after chase ends in South Gate

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.

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.

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’s Department, which is investigating the incident.

The other man escaped and authorities were still looking for him, officials said. No officers were injured.

Authorities did not disclose what caused police to follow the men in the first place or what caused the officers to open fire.

-- My-Thuan Tran

Photo: Investigators from various law enforcement agencies at the scene of the officer-involved shooting in South Gate. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Learn more about more than 100 fatal officer-involved shootings in L.A. County since January 2007 on The Times' interactive Homicide Report, which documents all deaths determined by the county coroner to be at the hand of another person.

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Comments

[Cesar Vega]

This is the area of were My mother lives. I know those streets very well. I am sending this message from the safe haven of New Mexico. I get worried every time I hear that someone gets shot and killed in LA County. It happens to often. The Homicide report is far too buzy. I Love You Mom.

[HR]

Authorities did not disclose what caused police to follow the men in the first place or what caused the officers to open fire. Uhmmm. I wonder why?

[Diego Ortega]

I heard gunshots around midnight. . . then heard police sirens going crazy. This happened maybe 5 block away from my house.

[Hilda]

Sure it was not the Maywood police who shot this guy?

[Mr. X]

Obviously, these two were up to no good probably out looking for someone to rob or shoot. What were they doing carrying guns and why did they flee from the police. My reaction is one down another one to go. If you haven't done anything, don't flee from the police and don't shoot at them.

[Carla]

The Maywood Police Department was involved and was said to be the ones shooting, not Bell PD. Maywood PD has a long history of corruption, abuse/brutality, and framing suspects. Let's see how this goes.

[gah]

too bad the car wasnt a toyota...

[Devils Advocate]

Has anyone noticed that the car looks like an undercover vehicle?

[Bea Griego]

It took forever to find this! I was afraid to leave my friend's house last night! But, this sort of thing happens very rarely here. I mean, it's a town of 200,000 + people and we have 10 homicides a year. Not bad. And New Mexico is notorious for drug dealing (and no wonder, the place is so boring you need some damn weed just to get through the day) and suicides (again, boredom) safe haven indeed.

[Just Say'n]

"To those who question which police dept. shot at these up to no good criminals it doesn't matter!" They probably were out looking to kill someone else anyway, and so it's good they didn't. I guess you would also question the police if these two had kill some innocent man, woman or child too, hun? Please don't try to stick-up for scum-bags like that, because the are out to protect us from people like those two who ride around with guns.

[john doe]

at least they do not shoot them running away in handcuffs like in las vegas.

[Dean McAdams]

Amazing.

[sofia]

maywood corrupted? look at the council members? yo get impounded go to see council members they're get your car out without having to pay a single penny! the police dept. is controlled by the council members not by the police dept.