Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Man Killed by Deputy was Marine
Camp Pendleton says the person who was shot during a traffic stop at San Clemente High School on Tuesday was stationed at the base. Friend IDs the Marine as Sgt. Manuel L. Loggins Jr., 31.
The driver who was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in the parking lot of San Clemente High School on Tuesday was a U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, a base official said Wednesday.
Capt. Barry Edwards, a base spokesman, said he could not release any more information until after a 24-hour family notification period standard in all Marine deaths. The Marine died at Mission Hospital from his wounds late Tuesday, officials said.
An autopsy was scheduled today, and Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said he was awaiting the results to confirm the name of the Marine.
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The shooting happened during a traffic stop about 4:40 a.m. Tuesday in
the 700 block of East Avenida Pico, Amormino said.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department has released no information on why the deputy shot the man or what prompted the traffic stop that led to the shooting.
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