LAPD OFFICER SHOOTS, KILLS MAN WIELDING RIFLE; EX-OWNER OF WINNETKA HOME LEFT SUICIDE NOTES.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer An LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer shot and killed an apparently suicidal su·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to suicide. 2. Likely to attempt suicide. man who aimed a rifle at police Monday after breaking into his foreclosed home, authorities said. Police withheld the identity of the unemployed 49-year-old man until his family could be notified. Detectives found two suicide notes A suicide note is a message left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide. It is estimated that 12-20% of suicides are accompanied by a note.[1] However, incidence rates may depend on race, method of suicide, and cultural differences and may reach rates as high on the man, leading them to believe his death might have been a ``police-assisted suicide,'' said Lt. Anthony Alba of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . ``The notes on him apparently indicated that he wanted to commit suicide Verb 1. commit suicide - kill oneself; "the terminally ill patient committed suicide"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" ,'' Alba said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police and neighbors, the man had lived in the home in the 7400 block of Oakdale Avenue for at least three years after inheriting it from his deceased parents. They said the man was evicted recently. While doing a routine check of the home, a property management company employee found the man inside and called police to report a burglary in progress, Alba said. Two LAPD West Valley Division officers went to the rear of the home about 11:30 a.m., found a broken window and saw the man inside, said LAPD Officer Charlotte Broughton. Officers ordered him out, but he did not respond, Broughton said. Police then tried to use pepper spray to force him out - to no avail. ``The suspect started to climb out the window and pointed a rifle at the officers,'' Broughton said. One of the officers, whose name was not released, fired one round at the upper body of the man, police said. The man later died at a hospital. No officers were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Inside the home, police found a second rifle and handgun ammunition, Alba said. ``It did look like he was living there (illegally),'' Alba said. Neighbors said the man kept to himself and complained when children entered his yard. ``He threatened to shoot my kids for walking in front of his house,'' said Pat Foster, who for three years lived next door to the man. ``I was afraid that he was going to shoot through his house and hit our home. . . . If they hadn't shot him, he would have shot someone else.'' Foster said the man was struggling financially, holding yard sales and renting out rooms to make ends meet. CAPTION(S): map Map: Man shot by police |
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