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Officer-involved shooting in Wilmington
At least one person was sent to the hospital.
WILMINGTON, Calif. - An armed man was shot and killed by police in Wilmington Tuesday, authorities said.
Officers were sent to the 600 block of West Anaheim Street at about 9:45 a.m. on a report of a man armed with a gun and were directed by witnesses to an alley, where they found the man holding a handgun, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Events leading up to the gunfire were unclear, but the LAPD reported paramedics were called to the scene and took the man to a hospital, where he later died. The man's name was not immediately released pending notification of next of kin.
No officers were injured in the shooting.