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L.A. County Deputies Kill Three Armed Suspects in Weekend Incidents

September 21, 2009  | 

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot and killed three armed suspects in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the total number of fatal deputy-involved shootings so far this year to 13.

A deputy was injured during a gun battle in one of the three shootings, and suspects' firearms were recovered after each incident, said Steve Whitmore, a department spokesman.

There were five fatal shootings by sheriff's deputies in 2008, Whitmore said.

The recent spate of shootings comes less than a week after Sheriff Lee Baca called for an expedited investigation into a deputy's fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Athens on Sept. 14. Baca said later that he would convene a panel of experts to examine deputy- involved shootings.

Read Full Story at LATimes.com

Tags: Officer-Involved Shootings, L.A. County Sheriff

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