{"id":165592,"date":"2026-02-05T19:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165592\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:45:09","slug":"suspect-killed-in-police-shooting-near-california-science-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165592\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect killed in police shooting near California Science Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nywhdug93zkt6e8o.jpg\" alt=\"Police shooting near CA Science Center\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">LOS ANGELES &#8211; A police shooting at the California Science Center parking lot left one suspect dead Thursday morning, triggering a security alert for the nearby University of Southern California (USC) campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The incident began at approximately 9:40 a.m. when the Los Angeles Police Department received calls regarding a man armed with a rifle at 700 Exposition Park Drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The LAPD confirmed that the suspect was shot by police and died at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">No other injuries were reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Following the shooting, USC students and faculty received emergency alerts advising them to avoid the Exposition Park area.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Authorities have not yet provided a description or identity for the deceased suspect. Critical details, including whether a rifle was actually recovered at the scene or how many officers fired their weapons, have not been released. It is also unclear if the suspect pointed a weapon or fired at officers prior to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The shooting is under investigation by the LAPD&#8217;s Force Investigation Division.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner is expected to provide an identification and official cause of death in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information from the Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/la-los-angeles-county\/exposition-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exposition Park<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8211; A police shooting at the California Science Center parking lot left one suspect dead Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1184,7,9,8,2042,32318,6086,137,100,1181],"class_list":{"0":"post-165592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-headlines","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-crime-publicsafety","13":"tag-exposition-park","14":"tag-la-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-los-angeles-county","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}