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Abené Clayton

Teen girl who died from gunshot wound after grabbing LA officer’s gun identified

Orange plastic poles strung with yellow police tape along the cement entrance to a building, with a gold police star painted on a green background.
The entrance to the Los Angeles county sheriff's station in City of Industry, California, on 25 March 2024. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Authorities have identified the teenage girl who died of a gunshot wound inside a Los Angeles county sheriff’s station as 17-year-old Johanna González, according to the county medical examiner, who has classified her death as a suicide.

Deputies were called to a home in the City of Industry, a small city 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, on 25 March for a teen allegedly having a mental health crisis. By the time they arrived, González, who was being fostered by her aunt and uncle, had already left.

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