Double Carjacking Suspect Killed in Hail of Bullets After Pursuit

The suspect wove his way around Hollywood, passing in the area of a pre-Oscar event at Hollywood and Highland.

After about an hour, he pulled into a Shell gas station at Wilshire Blvd. and Vermont Ave.

Officers quickly surrounded the car, and yelled for customers pumping gas to hit the ground.

"When he pulled out his revolver and pointed it at people inside the store, the officers took action, fired their rounds and the suspect expired at the scene," LAPD Cmdr. Andy Smith said.

More than a dozen shots were fired at the suspect's vehicle by the LAPD.

Thaopraseuth's lifeless body was later pulled from the car and covered, just feet from the front door of the gas station.

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