[BITList] boy with fake gun shot

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This is the 3rd fatal officer-involved incident in the bay area within 24 hours – gun makers say great for business.

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Boy with fake gun shot dead by Sonoma deputies
Henry K. Lee
Updated 6:57 am, Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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  Officials say Sonoma County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man who was holding this fake assault rifle in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. Photo: Courtesy, Sonoma County Sheriffs Office


Sonoma County sheriff's deputies reportedly shot and killed a 13-year-old boy Tuesday who was armed with what turned out to be a fake rifle in Santa Rosa, the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the Bay Area in less than a day, authorities said.

Andy Lopez died at the scene of the shooting near Moorland and West Robles avenues after being shot while carrying what his family said was a toy gun that belonged to a friend, thePress Democrat reported.

Authorities did not identify the boy or confirm his age.

The incident began about 3 p.m. when two deputies on patrol saw a "male subject" walking in the area with what appeared to be a rifle, said sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary.

The deputies called for backup and ordered him to drop the rifle, O'Leary said.

"At some point immediately thereafter, the deputies fired several rounds from their handguns at the subject, striking him several times," O'Leary said.

He fell to the ground and "landed on top of the rifle he was carrying," O'Leary said.

The deputies secured the rifle and called for paramedics after determining that he was unresponsive, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Deputies determined that the rifle was a "replica of an assault weapon" and that he also had a plastic handgun in his waistband, O'Leary said.

The deputies were placed on administrative leave, which is routine procedure, pending investigations by police and the Sonoma County district attorney's office. Their names were not released.

The incident is the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the Bay Area in less than 24 hours.

On Monday night, Union City police shot and killed a parolee armed with a pipe. Early Tuesday, a San Bruno officer shot and killed a stolen-car suspect who had aimed the vehicle at him, authorities said.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee at sfchronicle.comTwitter: @henryklee












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