Suspect on bike is shot during ‘routine stop’

An investigation is underway into an officer-involved shooting in Harbor City in which a suspect was killed, authorities said.

An officer was on patrol about 10:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Lomita Boulevard and Frampton Avenue when he spotted a man armed with a handgun riding a bike, according to LAPD spokeswoman Norma Eisenman.

Sgt. Gerry Davila, a spokesman for the LAPD’S Harbor Division, said the shooting occurred during “a routine stop on a gang member.”

The suspect, whose identity was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured. defrauding the Internal Revenue Service and state Franchise Tax Board of more than $11 million by filing phony tax returns. A former revenue agent for the IRS, Martinez had a tax preparation business in San Diego at the time of his indictment.

Toola, the female sea otter who inspired state legislation to better protect her species and was a pioneer in surrogate motherhood for stranded pups, died Saturday of natural causes and age-related ill health, according to Monterey Bay Aquarium officials. She was about 15 or 16 years old.

Considered by aquarium officials as “the most important animal” in the history of the facility’s 28-year Sea Otter Research and Conservation program, Toola suffered from neurological disorders, thought to be caused by exposure to the toxoplasmosis parasite. The condition, which required Toola to take anti-convulsion medication, prevented her release back into the wild, officials said.

Toola came to the aquarium as a mature adult after she was found stranded on Pismo Beach on July 21, 2001. She became the first rescued sea otter ever to raise pups that were successfully returned to the wild, according to aquarium staff.