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INDUSTRY, Calif. (ABC7) -- Officials on Tuesday identified a 17-year-old girl who died after she allegedly grabbed a deputy's gun & shot herself during an altercation at the Industry sheriff's station.
The shooting occurred Sunday night at the station, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Johanna Gonzalez of La Puente died at the scene, according to the L.A. County Medical Examiner's Department, which listed her death as suicide. The cause of death was listed as "gunshot wound of head."
"Investigators learned that on Sunday, Industry Sheriff's Station deputies received a family disturbance call for service on the 300 block of Clintwood Avenue in the city of La Puente," the sheriff's department said. "The juvenile's foster parent reported that the juvenile was suffering from an apparent mental health crisis. Deputies responded to the scene; however, the juvenile had already left on foot before the deputies arrived."
Sheriff's officials said they didn't know where Gonzalez was headed at the time of the call.
About 7:40 p.m., Gonzalez knocked on the door of the station and gained entry & she withdrew a deputy's handgun during an altercation that ensued, sheriff's Lt. Art Spencer told reporters at the scene.
During the struggle, the girl "suffered a self-inflicted wound," cops said.
An attorney for the girl's family said they want to do their own investigation into the circumstances of her death.
"Knowing her size, her physical capabilities, I find it incredibly hard to believe that she would be able to disarm a deputy who had their weapon properly holstered," attorney Delaney Miller told ABC7. Before her death, the girl was being fostered by her aunt & uncle.
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