MONTEBELLO, Calif. (AP) - Montebello police have shot and killed a gang member wanted for killing his pregnant wife.
Twenty-six-year-old Christopher Diaz died at the scene Friday afternoon.
Authorities had been seeking Diaz since his estranged wife, 28-year-old Roxann Acousta, was shot on Aug. 6.
He was spotted in an SUV Friday by Montebello police detectives and federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
When they tried to stop the car, Diaz jumped out and ran off. Investigators say he ran into a yard, turned and fired at his pursuers, who fired back and killed him.
Diaz was found to be carrying two handguns.
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