Crime & Safety
Update: North Hollywood LAPD Officer Allegedly Shoots Suspect
The condition of the suspect was not immediately available.

By City News Service
Updated at 8:40 a.m.— A suspected gunman was killed in an officer- involved shooting Friday night in North Hollywood, police said.
Updated at 8:40 a.m.— A suspected gunman was killed in an officer- involved shooting Friday night in North Hollywood, police said.
No officers were injured in the shooting, which happened around 8 p.m. in the area of Burbank Boulevard and Riverton Avenue after officers responded to a report of a man with a gun, said Sgt. Ernie Fischer of the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station.
Fischer described the suspect as a male, aged 20-25, wearing a white t- shirt and blue shorts.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the suspect was holding a semi- automatic pistol and turned toward the officers, who then opened fire on him.
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The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Fischer said.
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