(L.A.) Justin Flores, 35, Committed Suicide

Case Number: 2022-06239

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 35-year-old Hispanic male that occurred on a sidewalk.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Justin Flores.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of the Head

RIP JUSTIN WILLIAM FLORES (April 10, 1987 – June 14, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 5:20 p.m.

The decedent shot himself in the head after he had killed two police officers in El Monte at the Siesta Inn on 10327 Garvey Avenue, where they had responded to a reported stabbing.

Both officers were shot in the head and later transported to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where they died.

Flores shot the two officers moments after they entered a motel room where he had been holed up Tuesday and then ran into the parking lot, where he exchanged a second round of gunfire with other responding officers.