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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Wife says she tried to warn police before deadly shooting

© Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG

The wife of a man who killed two Southern California police officers Tuesday in a shootout told a television station that her husband had previously attacked her and she warned the officers that he had a gun inside a suburban Los Angeles motel.

The gunman, identified as Justin William Flores, was shot and killed at the scene. His wife told KCBS-TV that he had attacked her two days ago and she had moved into the motel to escape him but he tracked her down.

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