San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies shot and fatally wounded a man who fired at them outside a shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga, authorities said.
Deputies were called to the mall around 9:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a man armed with a gun outside a Vons supermarket, according to authorities.
Witnesses said when deputies arrived at the scene, the suspect was crossing the street.
Deputies found the suspect, who was armed with a handgun, outside a Walgreens near the intersection of Carnelian and 19th Streets, and when they approached him, he fired at them, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced in a news release.
It’s unclear if the suspect was injured during that exchange, but he then ran into a nearby Sprouts Farmers Market, authorities said. There, the Sheriff’s Department said, he was shot by deputies.
The department did not provide many details about where and when he was hit, nor did it say whether the suspect fired any shots into or from inside the market.
Video from OnScene.TV showed a shattered glass door at Sprouts and a sheriff’s deputy being taken from the scene in the back of an ambulance. The Sheriff’s Department said the deputy suffered “a superficial wound” during the shooting and was released from the hospital a short time later.
The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Davonte Sykes of Los Angeles. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital but later died from his injuries, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Investigators believe Sykes was involved in a separate shooting in Upland about an hour before the shooting in Rancho Cucamonga.
The shooting is under investigation.
Anyone with information about the shooting can contact the Sheriff’s Department Specialized Investigations Division at (909) 890-4904. Anonymous tips can be left at (800) 78-CRIME (2-7463).