Deputy fatally shoots suspect who pulled gun after traffic stop in Altadena, authorities say [Updated]

A man was shot and killed in Altadena by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy after running from a traffic stop and pulling a gun, authorities said.

Sheriff’s deputies stopped two men in a vehicle about 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of East New York Drive for a code violation, Sgt. Debra Herman said. One of the men got out of the passenger side of the car and ran off, and deputies chased him.

After a couple hundred yards, the man stopped and struggled with one of the deputies, Sheriff’s Capt. Ray Leyva said. When the man pulled a gun from his waistband, the deputy pulled his weapon and fired one shot at the suspect, Leyva said.

The suspect, whose name and age were not given, was pronounced dead at the scene. A gun was recovered from the location.

The deputy’s name was not released.

[Updated, 3 p.m.: The man killed has been identified as Stephen Bullock, 33, of Pomona, said Larry Dietz, watch commander for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.]

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Comments

[Jeffrey East]

GOD Bless the men and women of all Police Departments across this Nation! Every day they strap on a gun and badge,and for not a lot of money,go out and do the work most Americans would never dream of doing.I feel we all owe the benefit of the doubt to all law enforcement officers, until proven wrong.GOD Bless and keep the Deputy that was involved in this shooting.

I will never forget an old saying my Father once told me....If you don't want to get shot,hit,pepper sprayed,or yelled at by the police...then simply listen to them, and do what they say. Simple enough for a five year old to understand.