LOS ANGELES _ A man who followed a worker into the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday morning was shot and killed by a California Highway Patrol officer, authorities said.
The building was not open to the public when the man followed an employee into the building just after 6 a.m. and kept his hands concealed in a bag, said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Saul Gomez. The man then shouted at employees at a security checkpoint to "get down on the floor."
"He was taking an aggressive shooting stance," and employees dropped to the ground, Gomez said.
That's when the man was confronted by a CHP officer who fired at him three times, fatally striking him, officials said. The officer was uninjured, and the suspect has not yet been identified.
The man was not an employee in the building and it was not immediately clear if he used to work there, the CHP said. Investigators have not said if they recovered a weapon.
According to the CHP, the officer put out a call for help over the radio just after 6 a.m. Moments later, the officer reported the shooting and a "suspect down," said CHP Officer Peter Nicholson.
