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Officer-involved shooting in Pomona leaves one woman dead

By Corina Knoll
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Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Pomona that left one woman dead, authorities said Sunday.

Members of a multi-jurisdictional gang task force were driving through a parking lot in the 900 block of West Holt Avenue about 9:45 p.m. Saturday when they were confronted by a female suspect brandishing a handgun, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Rich Pena.

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A shooting took place and the suspect was later pronounced dead at the scene, Pena said. No officers were injured. A handgun was recovered at the scene.

Although the Sheriff’s Department is assisting Pomona police in the investigation, it was not clear if it was a Pomona officer who shot the suspect. The gang task force was made up of several agencies.

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-- Corina Knoll

Map shows location of where a woman was killed in Pomona. Source: Google Maps

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Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is a former reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She was on the team that investigated corruption in Bell — which led to the paper’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service — and went on to cover the trials of the city’s former officials. She later contributed to the paper’s coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. As a regional reporter, she wrote features about the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside. During her courts beat, she covered high-profile criminal cases and civil disputes, including the Jackson family vs AEG and Bryan Stow vs LA Dodgers. She and two colleagues investigated sheriff’s deputies whose histories of misconduct landed them on the department’s top-secret Brady list. She left The Times in January 2019. Raised in the Midwest, she is a graduate of Macalester College.

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