A man who carjacked a sedan at gunpoint and led police on a high-speed chase before holing up in a Downey BBQ restaurant Thursday night has died, authorities said.
The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead inside the Chris' & Pitt's restaurant along Lakewood Boulevard, putting an end to a violent episode that wound through several cities in southeast Los Angeles County.
It's unclear what led to the man's death. Sheriff's officials said law enforcement shot at the man but that further investigation would clarify how he died.
"We fired shots but we don't know that any of those shots was the one that killed him," Cmdr.