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Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jul 22

Simi Valley Police Fatally Shoot 37-Year-Old Suspect After 8-Hour Standoff and Crash

Updated

Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jul 22

Simi Valley Police Fatally Shoot 37-Year-Old Suspect After 8-Hour Standoff and Crash

Q: The suspect threatened a shootout, but was he actually armed when police opened fire?

No — authorities have not confirmed that the suspect was armed when officers opened fire. What police have said is that family members earlier told officers the 37-year-old suspect was reportedly armed and had threatened to “shoot it out” with police if they were called. That information helped shape the response after officers developed probable cause to arrest him on domestic battery and elder abuse allegations. But after the later pursuit, crash and shooting on Dusan Street, officials did not say the man displayed a weapon, fired a weapon, or was found with one at the moment officers shot at the pickup. They also have not publicly explained what specific action by the suspect prompted the gunfire. So the current factual answer is limited: police had prior reports that he was armed and had made violent threats, but there has been no public confirmation that he actually had a weapon during the final encounter. That question is part of the ongoing investigation by the Simi Valley Police Department and the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.

3 articles · Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jul 22

A 37-year-old man suspected of domestic violence and elder abuse was shot dead by Simi Valley police Tuesday after a brief pursuit ended with his pickup crashing into a police motorcycle and then a motor home on Dusan Street.
Police said the case began with an 8:15 a.m. domestic violence call in which the suspect was reported armed and threatening to shoot officers if they were called; officers located him near Simi Valley Town Center hours later.
The motorcycle was unoccupied when it was hit, no officers were injured, and police have not said how many rounds were fired, though bullet holes were visible in the truck's windshield.
A nearby resident said she rushed her son into the house after hearing "a lot" of gunshots, underscoring how the confrontation unfolded in a residential neighborhood.
The department has not released the man's name in the latest account, and the officer-involved shooting remains under investigation.