A Pomona Police Department officer has died and another has been hospitalized, reports abc7.
Both officers were shot during an ongoing standoff with an armed suspect, officials announced early Saturday morning.
“It is with a heavy heart that I must report that one officer did not survive,” Police Chief Michael Olivieri said on Twitter. “The second officer is in stable condition.”
The officers’ names were not immediately released.
The shooting happened about 9 p.m. Friday in the 1400 block of Palomares Street, near Fernleaf Avenue, where officers responded to a report of a barricaded suspect at an apartment complex.
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No doubt the suspect will be seeking “sanctuary” since California protects criminals over it’s law abiding citizens.