A police car is parked in a parking lot on Monday, March 13, 2017, next to yellow police tape where an officer involved shooting took place on Sunday. California police shot a man dead after he barricaded himself inside a minivan with gas can and a lighter during a traffic stop before emerging with a knife, officials said Monday. Officers in the Los Angeles suburb of Orange pulled over the white minivan late Sunday for a vehicle code violation when the driver shut himself inside with a cigarette and lighter and poured gasoline onto a rag, said Orange police Lt. Fred Lopez. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)
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