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Assault suspect shot and killed by police outside grocery store in California

GOLETA, Calif. (NBC, KYMA) - An assault suspect was shot and killed by police inside a California grocery store Monday.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office responded to an attack with a deadly weapon inside the Ralphs Grocery Store at the Magnolia Shopping Center near Goleta.

Officials say they received a report of a man "actively assaulting a victim with a weapon."

Deputies contacted the man inside the store and attempted to apprehend him. The suspect was shot during an altercation and pronounced dead at the scene.

No other injuries were reported.

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