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Long Beach, California, United States
A person was fatally shot by Long Beach police on Wednesday because he was allegedly brandishing a firearm.
It happened sometime at around 4:20 p.m., when officers were called to MacArthur Park, located at 14th Street and Gundry Avenue, after receiving reports that someone there was possibly in possession of a gun, according to a statement from LBPD.
Officers arrived and found a man that fit the description, and upon contact saw that he did allegedly have a gun.
They say that the man was brandishing a firearm and failed to comply with their demands to drop the weapon, which led them to open fire.
The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics, where he later died.
On Thursday, he was identified as 46-year-old Los Angeles man Donald Washington by the Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner.
No one else was injured in the incident. Officers recovered a gun from the scene.
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