Suspect shot to death by Downey police is identified

DOWNEY — A suspect who was fatally shot by police after they found a man and a woman shot dead in Downey in a suspected case of domestic violence was identified by county authorities Monday.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired at 7:50 a.m. Saturday in the 11800 block of Downey Avenue, at De Palma Street, a couple of blocks west of Lakewood Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Arriving officers found a man with a gunshot wound and later located a woman who was also shot, the LASD stated. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Their identities were not immediately released…

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