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Hagop Jake Kuredjian
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Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted 2001
On August 31 at 8:40 a.m., a 40-year-old deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department was shot and killed in a tactical situation that involved assisting agents from
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) who were serving a search warrant.
Officers from the U.S. Marshal’s Office, who were also present with the ATF agents,
requested personnel from the Sheriff’s Office to supply a uniformed presence while they
served the search warrant. ATF agents had served a similar warrant to the subject a
year earlier, and the subject had cooperated with them. However, this time when the
agents announced their presence and purpose, the suspect refused to comply and began
firing at the officers. A request for additional assistance was broadcast, and the veteran
deputy, who was a motorcycle officer with 17 years of law enforcement experience,
responded to the call. When the deputy, who was wearing body armor and a motorcycle
helmet, arrived at the scene, he moved toward the residence to seek cover while the
assailant was shooting at the officers from a second story window. The suspect fatally
shot the victim deputy in the front of the head with a .223-caliber automatic rifle. The
35-year-old male then engaged in an intense gunfight with the other officers. The
officers introduced tear gas into the residence, and one of the hot canisters caused a fire
to erupt. The suspect, who had an extensive criminal record, died at the scene as a
result of injuries he received during the gunfight and ensuing fire.
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Deputy Sheriff Hagop Jake Kuredjian
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
End of Watch: Friday, August 31, 2001
Weapon Used: Rifle; Automatic
Suspect Info: Killed in fire
Deputy Kuredjian was shot and killed as he, another deputy, and federal agents
attempted to serve a warrant on a man for impersonating a police officer, and for
possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. When officers arrived at the residence in an
affluent neighborhood, the man came to the door several times but refused to come
outside. As the officers attempted to gain entry through a window, the man opened fire
with an automatic rifle, striking Deputy Kuredjian in the head. The suspect then held
other officers at bay for several hours before his house caught fire and burned to the
ground. The suspect had previously been a police officer.
Deputy Kuredjian had been with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 17
years.
http://davesweb.cnchost.com/stevenson.html
It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Waco
Dave McGowan, September 4, 2001
When the ATF comes to town, things just seem to have a way of getting out of hand.
Consider the shootout that occurred in the exclusive Stevenson Ranch neighborhood in
Santa Clarita, California (a northern suburb of Los Angeles) on August 31, 2001.