La Mirada~An armed man was killed by police early Tuesday morning when he emerged from the AM/PM store on Beach Boulevard after a three hour standoff.

Deputies arrived shortly after 9:30 p.m. and were confronted by the man who ran back inside the store.

After numerous attempts by officials to get the man to peacefully surrender, he emerged from the store around 12:30 a.m. shooting at police who returned fire and killed him.

No other injuries were reported. The man's identity has not been released.

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