La Mirada~A Sheriff’s deputy apparently shot and killed himself in La Mirada early Saturday morning, the Coroner's office said.

There is very little information available at this time about the suicide other than the victim being a male and it occurred around 2:00 a.m. on San Feliciano Drive.

It is unknown at this time whether the deputy was a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

We are working to obtain more details.

16:34 NEW: We can now confirm that the deputy was a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and he was off-duty at the time, according to Steve Whitmore, Sheriff's spokesperson.