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Buena Park police kill suspect after he rams officers’ vehicle, authorities say

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A suspect died after getting shot Monday morning by at least one Buena Park police officer after a reported stolen vehicle was pulled over and the driver put a Range Rover into reverse, ramming the officers’ black-and-white as they were getting out, a Fullerton lieutenant said.

  • Investigators look over the scene near a black range Range Rover that was involved in an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019. According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius after Buena Park Police pulled over the vehicle for a traffic stop he 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue when the driver “reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards the officers,” which resulted in the officers firing their weapons at the driver and killing him. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Investigators document the scene near a black Range Rover that was involved in an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019. According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius after Buena Park Police pulled over the vehicle for a traffic stop he 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue when the driver “reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards the officers,” which resulted in the officers firing their weapons at the driver and killing him. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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  • Buena Park Police patrol cars are taped off at the scene of an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019. According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius after Buena Park Police pulled over the vehicle for a traffic stop he 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue when the driver “reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards the officers,” which resulted in the officers firing their weapons at the driver and killing him. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • A black Range Rover that was involved in an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019. According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius after Buena Park Police pulled over the vehicle for a traffic stop he 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue when the driver “reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards the officers,” which resulted in the officers firing their weapons at the driver and killing him. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Investigators and police huddle near the scene of an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019. According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius, the a black Range Rover was pulled over on the 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue for a traffic stop. Dispatch advised the Buena Park officers that the vehicle was stolen from Anaheim. The driver of the vehicle then reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards officers. The officers then fired their weapons killing the driver. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Investigators look over a black Range Rover that was involved in an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019. According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius, the vehicle was pulled over on the 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue for a traffic stop the dispatch advised the Buena Park officers that the vehicle was stolen from Anaheim. The driver of the vehicle then reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards officers. The officers then fired their weapons killing the driver. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Investigators and police huddle near the scene of an officer involved shooting with the Buena Park police in Fullerton on Monday, August 19, 2019.According to Fullerton Police PIO, Lt. Jon Radius after Buena Park Police pulled over the vehicle for a traffic stop he 500-block of Gilbert Avenue just south of Moore Avenue when the driver “reversed the vehicle and accelerated towards the officers,” which resulted in the officers firing their weapons at the driver and killing him. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Shortly before 11:40 a.m., Buena Park police officers were pulling over the Range Rover near Gilbert Street and Moore Avenue in Fullerton, Fullerton police Lt. Jon Radus said.

“They were advised by their dispatch that the vehicle had been reported stolen earlier (Monday) out of Anaheim,” he said. “As the vehicle yielded, it then went into reverse and rammed the officers as they were getting out of their vehicle.”

Then the shooting occurred, Radus said.

Monday afternoon, the black Range Rover sat on a sidewalk, a palm tree down in front of it. Employees from the industrial businesses surrounding the intersection stood by watching as investigators took photos of the SUV.

The suspect, who was a male, was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no reports of officers harmed.

It was immediately unknown how many shots were fired by police.

Radus noted that this incident was not related to one earlier Monday at Cal State Fullerton, where a man was found stabbed to death and police were searching for the suspect.

The Fullerton and Buena Park police departments will investigate the incident, as will the District Attorney’s Office, which customarily looks into officer-involved shootings.