Authorities identified the man who died after barricading himself inside a vehicle in Oxnardfor hours.
Koran L. Bible, Jr., 29, was described as homeless, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office. The agency said his cause and manner of death were pending.
Bible had locked himself inside a car that was not his own in the area of C and Hill streets around 1:30 p.m., according to the Oxnard Police Department.
Police suspected that Bible may have had knives, and officers closed off C Street between Hill and Birch streets, police said.
Several units, including SWAT and crisis negotiators, responded to the area in hopes of coaxing the man out, officials said.
The standoff ultimately ended when police contacted Bible around 6 p.m. and found
him unresponsive, police said. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead around 6:30 p.m.
Ernesto Centeno Araujo covers breaking news for the Ventura County Star. He can be reached at ecentenoaraujo@vcstar.com, 805-437-0224 or @ecentenoaraujo on Instagram and X.
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