Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot a person during a confrontation Monday morning at a gas station near the Claremont-Pomona border. The sheriff's department said the shooting happened around 9:40 a.m. at 888 South Indian Hills Boulevard. CBS Los Angeles reported that aerial footage from the scene showed a knife on the ground near the person.
The person was declared dead following the shooting, according to CBS News. The sheriff's department identified the incident as a deputy-involved shooting.
What Investigators Have Confirmed So Far
The information available at publication did not explain what led to the confrontation or how events unfolded before deputies fired. Those circumstances remain unclear.
The address where the shooting took place, 888 South Indian Hills Boulevard, sits right along the line separating Claremont from neighboring Pomona, according to the sheriff's department. County sheriff's deputies were at the scene as the incident was investigated.
Statewide Use-of-Force Reporting
The California Department of Justice reported 581 incidents statewide that met its use-of-force reporting criteria in 2024. The criteria include force resulting in serious bodily injury or death of a civilian or officer, or the discharge of a firearm. That one-year figure does not show how reported incidents changed over recent years and does not establish what happened in the Claremont case.
What Is Known About the Scene
Aerial video captured after the shooting showed a knife on the ground near where the person died.
For now, no identity, age, or other personal details about the person killed in Claremont have been released, and the circumstances that led deputies to open fire remain unclear. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
