Man, 20, shot dead in violent face-off with Southern California police

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot by police after allegedly pulling a gun on an officer earlier this year, officials with the Pomona Police Department announced.  

The violent Feb. 3 incident unfolded after 911 operators with PPD received a call from a woman reporting that the suspect, now identified as Isaac Cannon, was chasing two Hispanic men and that he was armed with a gun.  

Officers responded to the area of Stratus Drive and Murchinson Avenue just after 10 p.m., the area in which the 911 caller said she had seen the 20-year-old suspect.  

Dash-cam footage from one of the responding officer’s patrol vehicles captured Cannon walking up Stratus Drive toward Murchinson with both hands inside the front pocket of a hooded sweatshirt.  

According to police officials, the officer exited his vehicle and created distance between himself and the suspect.  

In body-worn camera footage, the officer can be seen with his gun extended toward the 20-year-old, who walked around the rear of the cruiser.  

“Take your hands out of your f—— pockets,” the officer is heard saying and then screaming, “Drop the gun!” 

Video of the suspect appears to show him pulling out a handgun and bringing it up just as the officer opens fire, striking the 20-year-old who falls to the ground.  

Officers at the scene attempted life-saving measures until medical personnel with the Los Angeles County Fire Department arrived and declared Cannon dead at the scene.  

It’s unclear if investigators have spoken to the two young men the suspect had reportedly been chasing. No further information, including whether Cannon is a Pomona resident or from somewhere else, was provided.  

The use of lethal force is under investigation by the Pomona Police Department, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.