A traffic stop in Gardena ended in a shootout with police that left a man dead late Friday night, authorities said.
It all began around 11:05 p.m. in the 2100 block of West Rosecrans Boulevard when a Gardena Police Department officer stopped a motorist for a vehicle code violation, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who is assisting Gardena police with the investigation, said Saturday morning.
The officer conducting the stop contacted the sole occupant of the vehicle, identified by LASD as a Black man, and “immediately” observed a firearm inside the vehicle within the man’s reach…