Stolen-car suspect shot, killed by Huntington Beach police following chase
A man in a suspected stolen car was shot and killed by Huntington Beach police Thursday, Oct. 11, and a woman taken into custody after a pursuit.
At about 12:30 a.m. the officers found the vehicle in the city and began pursuing it, said Officer Angela Bennett, a spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach Police Department. The chased ended at 12th Street and Palm Avenue, with the two suspects inside the car running away.
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The woman was caught and taken into custody, while the man was shot by police, taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds and later pronounced dead.
No officer was injured. Details about what led to the shooting were not immediately available.
A gun was found at the scene of the shooting, Bennett said.
The incident is under investigation by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, per protocol of officer-involved shootings in Huntington Beach.