Authorities Thursday identified a man who was fatally shot by Long Beach Police Department officers while he was allegedly armed with a gun in a park in the city’s Cambodia Town area.
Officers responded around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday to a report of an armed suspect in MacArthur Park in the area of 14th Street and Gundry Avenue, according to the LBPD.
The responding officers gave the suspect multiple orders to drop the weapon, but the man failed to comply, prompting at least one officer to open fire, police said.
Life-saving measures were administered to the suspect by officers until the arrival of Long Beach Fire Department paramedics, who took the man to a hospital, where he later died, police said. The firearm was recovered, and no officers were injured, police said.
On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the man as Donald Washington, 46, of Los Angeles.
“Officers were equipped with body-worn cameras. LBPD is reviewing the footage and will make that available to the public as soon as possible,” police said in a statement.