Fugitive murder suspect fatally shot by police in Montebello
LASD Homicide Bureau Lt . Derrick Alfred discusses today ’s fatal police shooting of a fugitive murder suspect in #Montebello: pic.twitter.com/c8AZ6Ucx27 — Brian Day (@sgvcrime) August 19, 2017 MONTEBELLO >> A fugitive suspected of killing his estranged wife died in a gunfight with police Friday afternoon . Detectives recovered a gun believed used by the suspect. Montebello police said no officers were injured in the shooting that took place in the 2900 block of West Via Corona, just west of Garfield Avenue, at 2:23 p.m. • Video: Police describe the shooting Montebello police and an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives went searching for 26-year-old Christopher Diaz based on information that he was in an apartment, according to Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau Lt . Derrick Alfred . Officers saw Diaz leave the apartment and get into a silver compact sport utility vehicle driven by someone else, he said. The officers followed the SUV and tried to pull...