By City News Service
WILLOWBROOK (CNS) - A man suspected of shooting a Los Angeles policeman
in the face during a probation search in the unincorporated Willowbrook area was found dead today in a house following an overnight standoff with an LAPD SWAT team.
A probation officer was also slightly wounded in the shooting, which took place around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in a house in the 2200 block of East 117th Street near the Glen Anderson (105) Freeway and the border with Lynwood. The shooting came around 13 hours after an ambush attack in the Mid-City area that left two LAPD detectives slightly wounded.
Lt. Joe Bale of the coroner's office said the man was identified as Howard Michael Carl Partee, 33, of Willowbrook. Bale said an autopsy had not been conducted, and it was not clear if he committed suicide or was shot.
At a news conference this afternoon, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said anti- gang officers from the 77th Street Station were assisting the county probation department with a parole/probation search of a residence when "they were confronted by (someone) hiding in the attic.''
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