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Aug 22, 2007 8:07 am US/Pacific

Man Fatally Shot By Police In Hawthorne

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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (CBS) ― An investigation was under way Wednesday into a fatal shooting by Hawthorne police responding to a domestic violence call.

The shooting occurred at 132nd Street and Doty Avenue at 6:06 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Johnie Jones of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau said.

The officers went to an apartment complex at the location in response to a domestic violence complaint, Hawthorne Police Sgt. Jim Royer said.

When they arrived, officers heard gunshots coming from inside the complex, he said, adding that a man armed with a handgun then walked outside.

"He was shooting at his girlfriend as he was leaving the apartment and was confronted by officers," Royer told the Daily Breeze. "He had a gun in his hand and they shot him."

The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to a hospital where he died, Jones said.

No one was injured by the suspect's gunfire, Royer said.

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