USA: Bomb squad called in as officer-involved shooting leaves man dead

A man has died after being shot by a police bomb squad member in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Studio City, Friday, after police responded to reports of a man with a gun firing shots in the air. The suspect's body was left slumped on the street near a bank while a bomb squad robot was called in to detonate at least two items close to the body suspected of being explosives. No explosives were found and police declared the scene safe by 17:45 local time (00:45 GMT on Saturday). Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers responded to reports of a man with a gun on Ventura Boulevard at around 15:20 local time (22:20 GMT). The LAPD have not been able to confirm if the suspect fired any shots, but a handgun was recovered nearby according to police.