[UPI] The half brother of Robert Fuller, one of two black men recently killed in hanging deaths under investigation in Southern Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, was fatally shot in a police encounter Wednesday.A lawyer for the Fuller family, Jamon Hicks, identified the man killed in the encounter with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies Wednesday as Terron Jammal Boone."This afternoon I had to notify the sisters of Robert Fuller that their half brother Terron Jammal Boone was killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in Kern County," Hicks said in a statement. "At this time, until we receive all of the information, the family and their legal team [don't] have any further comment on this incident."
According to a sheriff's office statement on Wednesday's fatal shooting, the Major Crimes Bureau was searching for a kidnap domestic assault suspect at the time.
"The detectives observed and positively identified a male matching the suspect's description in a vehicle," the statement said. "Detectives followed the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop. The suspect opened the front passenger door of the vehicle and engaged the deputies by firing multiple rounds at them with a handgun. At the time, an officer involved shooting occurred during which the suspect was struck several times in the upper torso. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene."
A female driver was shot and taken to a local hospital where she was treated and released, the statement added. A 7-year-old girl in the vehicle was not injured. Deputies also were not injured and a handgun was recovered from the scene. Investigation is ongoing.
The Los Angeles Times reported that court records show that Boone was charged Tuesday with multiple criminal counts including criminal threats, assault, false imprisonment and domestic violence.