(L.A.) Mauricio Sandoval, 46, Died From a Gunshot

Case Number: 2024-05735

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 46-year-old Latino male that occurred in a healthcare service.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Mauricio Sandoval.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Chest

RIP MAURICIO SANDOVAL (June 11, 1977 – April 5, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 4:34 p.m.

The decedent was fatally shot by a California Highway Patrol officer outside the Los Cerritos Center mall.

CHP’s Southern Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force was conducting an operation at the shopping center, and three suspects were identified as being involved in criminal activity.

The suspects fled the Los Cerritos Center and two of them — a man and a woman — drove away in a vehicle and were later captured in Pico Rivera.

According to the sheriff’s department, the third suspect ran through the parking lot and produced a firearm, prompting the shooting.