Man armed with sledgehammer dies during confrontation at Long Beach school

A man with a sledgehammer died during a confrontation while attempting to enter a Long Beach elementary school on Tuesday. The suspect was only identified as an adult male by the Long Beach Police Department. Officers responded to calls of a home invasion robbery on the 6700 block of Orizaba Avenue around 2:27 p.m. The suspect, who was armed with a sledgehammer, had walked over to the nearby parking lot of McKinley Elementary School. As the man attempted to climb a fence and enter the school grounds, a group of males pulled him down and detained him while awaiting officers. At some point during the confrontation, he became unresponsive, authorities said. Details: https://ift.tt/qoODvX1