SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) - A murder suspect was shot and killed by Alameda County sheriff’s deputies when he came out of a motel room with a gun Friday, authorities said.
Deputies had tracked a man suspected of an Oakland killing to a motel room in an unincorporated area near San Leandro.
Deputies negotiated with the man for several hours, sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Shortly before 5 p.m., the man emerged from the room with a gun and was shot by deputies, Kelly said.
His name wasn’t immediately released.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the suspect fired shots, Kelly said.
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