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Two sheriff’s deputies saw Guardado in front of a business on West Redondo Beach Boulevard a few minutes before 6 p.m. PT on Thursday. Guardado “reportedly looked toward the deputies” and “produced a handgun,” Wegener said, before running down the driveway of the business. The deputies pursued Guardado and caught up to him at the rear of the business, where one deputy fired 6 rounds. Guardado was hit in the upper torso and pronounced dead at the scene, Wegener said. An autopsy is pending, the Los Angeles County Coroner said. Investigators recovered a .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol at the scene that had no serial number, Wegener said. Additionally, the firearm had a illegal extended magazine that was loaded with 13 live rounds. Steve Abarca told CNN, “I never even knew him to have any sort of gun.” Wegener said Saturday that investigators were aware of reports Guardado was working as a security guard, but he said Guardado was not recognizable as a security guard at the time of the shooting. He was not wearing a uniform, nor did he have a gun belt, Wegener said. “He was not yet 21 years of age, which is required to be an armed security guard in the state of California,” the captain said. “There is no record of a license through the California Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.”
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