Man dies after being shot by deputies while using child as human shield in Paramount, LASD says

A man has died after being shot by deputies Thursday while he was holding a 2-year-old boy and a gun in Paramount, authorities said Saturday.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the man’s death in a statement to ABC7. His identity was not released.

The suspect was holding the child in his arm and using him as a human shield at the time of the shooting, according to the Sheriff’s Department. The boy was unharmed…

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