Three members of the same family are dead after police say they fatally shot an armed man who may have killed another man and a woman at a Downey home on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the shooting happened at a six-plex in the 11800 block of Downey Avenue near De Palma Street. They believe it began as a violent domestic dispute.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Downey Police Department responded to reports of gunfire just before 8 a.m., and when they arrived at the scene, they found an adult man with a gunshot wound. Officers then found an adult woman who had also been shot.<\/p>\n
"You could hear a lady screaming, just yelling, maybe after the gunshots, and she was just yelling and screaming," said neighbor Mario Quintero.<\/p>\n
Video from the scene shows both the man and woman being taken away from the scene on stretchers.<\/p>\n
With an armed suspect still somewhere on the property, police surrounded the six-unit complex, calling out to the people inside.<\/p>\n
In video from the scene, you can hear loud gunfire and commands from police as officers tried to get the armed man to surrender.<\/p>\n
Video shows officers calling out the name "Javier" through a loudspeaker. In Spanish, they ordered him to come out with his hands up.<\/p>\n
Eventually, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the deadly shooting, said the armed suspect came toward officers. That's when they opened fire, killing him.<\/p>\n
The man and woman who were found with gunshot wounds were also pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
"Based on the information currently available, this appears to be an isolated domestic violence-related incident involving the suspect and family members," the sheriff's department wrote in a later update. "There is no known threat to the community."<\/p>\n
Police have not yet identified any of the three people killed or explained their exact relationship to each other. It's also unknown what led up to the initial domestic dispute.<\/p>\n
Deputies said no Downey police officers or members of the public were hurt in the officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n
Downey Avenue was closed to the public as police investigated the scene, limiting some residents' access to their homes and parking spots.<\/p>\n
Neighbors told Eyewitness News they were woken up by the sound of several gunshots.<\/p>\n