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An armed man holding a two-year-old toddler has died after he was shot in a standoff with sheriff’s deputies Thursday in Paramount.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies from its Lakewood station responded to a call regarding a man possibly armed with a gun. They arrived at the location on the 8000 block of Alhambra Avenue, where they encountered a man with a gun in one hand and the toddler in the other.

The department said deputies spent 25 minutes attempting to negotiate with the man to release the toddler and relinquish the firearm.

The man refused to comply and pointed the handgun at deputies. The deputies responded with gunfire, striking the man. His ident

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