Man who reportedly had a rifle is shot to death by police in Exposition Park near USC

A suspect was shot to death by police Thursday, February 5 in the parking lot of the science museum in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles after officers responded to a call of a man with a rifle.

The shooting was reported at 9:40 a.m. Thursday in the lot of the California Science Center at 700 Exposition Park Drive, across from the USC campus, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

A description of the suspect was not provided, but the LAPD reported he was pronounced dead at the scene.