The parents of a 30-year-old man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Paramount are suing Los Angeles County for wrongful death.
The Sheriff’s Department has previously said deputies shot Julio Palomares in 2024 when he advanced on them armed with a pair of scissors.
The confrontation occurred in the 8400 block of Quimby Street, near Downey Avenue and Century Boulevard, about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 4 when deputies responded to a call “regarding a family disturbance and battery,” according to the Sheriff’s Department.
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“Deputy personnel contacted the victim, who explained that the suspect … had punched him in the face after a verbal argument,” the department said in a statement. “Deputies contacted the suspect in the rear yard of the residence”…