Man killed by South Gate police

Department says officers opened fire when man brandished gun after a chase.

A man was fatally shot by South Gate police late Thursday afternoon after he was chased into a backyard and “brandished a handgun at the officers,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department.

The officer-involved shooting was reported about 4:15 p.m. in the 9800 block of Bowman Avenue, according to the department, which was asked by the South Gate Police Department to help investigate the shooting.

The Sheriff’s Department said the man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No officers from the South Gate Police Department were injured.

According to the sheriff ’s officials, the shooting followed a brief car pursuit. South Gate police tried to pull over a gold Lexus for a traffic violation, but the vehicle refused to stop for about two minutes, authorities said.

When the vehicle did pull over, the driver was taken into custody but the passenger “walked away,” the Sheriff ’s Department said in a news release.

He was later found in a backyard, “at which point he brandished a handgun at the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” the department said.

Two officers fired several times and the man was hit at least once, killing him, authorities said.

It was not immediately clear if the man had fired at officers. A handgun was recovered at the scene, officials said.

The man’s identity was not immediately available, a coroner’s official said. The shooting remains under investigation.