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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant died Wednesday after
he was shot while responding to a call of a residential burglary in
Lancaster, authorities said.
The sergeant killed was Steve Owen, a 29-year department veteran, according
to sheriff's Executive Officer Neal Tyler.
"This has been a very dark day for the Sheriff's Department," Capt. Steve
Katz said. "We are all suffering right now."
The shooting occurred as Owen and his partner responded to a 911 call from a
woman reporting a burglary in progress at an apartment building in the
Antelope Valley city, authorities said at a news conference.
As Owen, 53, checked the rear of the apartment building, a gunman appeared
and shot him.
Owen's partner, who was at the front of the building, ran to the rear and
found the wounded sergeant. Owen was rushed to the hospital in a sheriff's
cruiser, said Capt. Steve Katz. He died hours later.
The gunman, meanwhile, ran to the front and tried to steal Owen's cruiser.
Another sheriff's deputy arrived and opened fire when the gunman threw the
car into reverse and rammed another cruiser, injuring a deputy inside, Katz
said.
After the collision, the gunman ran into a nearby home where two teenagers
were inside. One teen was able to send a text message to alert authorities,
Katz said.
Sheriff's SWAT deputies forced their way into the home and a man fled
through the back, where he tried to hop a fence and was caught, Capt. Jack
Ewell said.
The suspect was struck in the upper torso by gunfire, Katz said. Authorities
did not name him, but said he is from the Antelope Valley and is on active
parole. A weapon was recovered, though authorities did not give a
description.
Owen's wife, who is a member of the department's Arson Explosive Unit, along
with their two children and the sergeant's mother, managed to reach the
hospital shortly before he died, Tyler said.
"Steve was very important to the Antelope Valley community," Tyler said. "
Steve clearly is very much a hero."
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris, who was at the hospital, said the lawman was
shot in the face.
"We forget how dangerous this job is. Steve was so brave," Parris said. "The
Antelope Valley has lost a true hero today."
Parris said there were at least 100 deputies at the hospital.
"He knew them all on a first-name basis," he said.
Outside the hospital's emergency room, a dozen sheriff's and California
Highway Patrol vehicles could be seen as officers in bomb squad gear and
regular uniforms hugged in the parking lot.
A Sheriff's Department helicopter landed in the area a short time later, and
crime scene tape hung from a sheriff's truck parked in the ambulance bay.
Initially, the Sheriff's Department reported that two deputies had been shot
. Later, Sheriff Jim McDonnell said that another deputy was injured during
the incident, though he had not been shot. The extent of his injuries was
unclear.
Owen was part of a team of sheriff's deputies awarded the medal of valor,
the department's highest honor, in 2014 for showing "tremendous bravery and
determination" in saving a hostage who was held at gunpoint in a car.
The deputies were credited with risking their lives during the Nov. 26, 2013
, incident, while Owen was lauded for swiftly developing a strategy to
detain the hostage taker.
Since the suspect was wearing a bulletproof vest and holding a gun to the
hostage, Owen determined that it was impossible to fire a clean shot to hit
him. Officials said Owen made the decision to use a Taser to bring the
standoff to an end. He directed a deputy to fire the Taser through an open
window of the car.
When the deputy shot his Taser, the hostage managed to quickly flee from the
car. Another sergeant fired a second Taser, which penetrated the suspect's
bulletproof vest, incapacitating him, according to the Sheriff's Department. | a***4
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