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Lancaster, CA.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s sergeant was fatally shot Wednesday in Lancaster, CBS Los Angeles reported.



Authorities today said that ^ 53-year-old Steve Owen died at a hospital yesterday afternoon, several hours after he was shot while responding to a report of a burglary in a neighborhood in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles. RIP.

Sheriff’s officials say other deputies fired shots at the suspect after he tried to steal a sheriff’s patrol car and rammed that vehicle into another patrol car while escaping.

Sheriff’s SWAT deputies were involved in a search for the suspect at a nearby Lancaster home.

During the search, the suspect was seen running through a backyard and attempting to scale a fence before he ultimately surrendered.

Minutes later, the suspect was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital for unknown injuries.

A sheriff’s deputy was also injured, but the cause and severity of the deputy’s injuries wasn’t immediately clear.

Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-...eant-shot/