Three Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies on routine patrol shot and killed the alleged gunman in the Cupertino workplace shootings Thursday after spotting the armed suspect in a Sunnyvale neighborhood and attempting to make contact with him, authorities said.
"The three deputies on routine patrol are the ones who found him despite all of our efforts," said Sheriff Laurie Smith, referring to the massive manhunt launched for Shareef Allman, 47, after he allegedly fatally shot three co-workers and wounded several others Wednesday at the Lehigh Permanente plant where they all were employed.
The suspect was armed with a handgun, Smith said.
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“All three deputies fired at the suspect,” she said. “He did display in a threatening manner a firearm.”
The identity of the victim must still be confirmed by coroner's investigators but the body matched the description of Allman, she said.
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