Hollyhood!

LAPD Hollywood Patrol Division officers responded to a radio call of a "man with a gun" in the area of Cherokee Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. As officers arrived in the area, they saw a male matching the description of the suspect from the radio call walking west on the south sidewalk, holding what they believed was a firearm in his right hand, The suspect was struck by gunfire and fell to the ground. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded and transported the suspect to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The object the suspect was in possession of that was believed to be a firearm, was later determined to be a METALLIC BUTANE LIGHTER with a PISTOL GRIP HANDLE. The suspect was identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office as 48-year-old Matthew James Sova.