Police Shoot and Kill Armed 75-Year-Old Man

By City News Service

A 75-year-old gunman was killed in an early morning officer-involved shooting Sunday outside a residence in Bel-Air, according to police.

Officers were dispatched to 1256 Stone Canyon Road about 3:30 a.m., according to Los Angeles police.

The call came in as an assault with a deadly weapon report from a utility worker at the scene, said Los Angeles police Detective Gus Villanueva.

"Upon arrival at the residence, the officers encountered a man with a gun and an officer-involved shooting occurred," said Officer Cleon Joseph of the LAPD's Media Relations Section.

The man, who was armed with a handgun, was killed, he said, adding that no officers were injured.

Joseph said the shooting occurred at the front of a large two-story, single-family residence with a large front yard.

Los Angeles County coroner's Investigator Kimberley Arnold identified the suspect as Robert Bandler, 75, who lived at the address where the shooting took place.

The residence is several blocks from the Hotel Bel-Air.

Paramedics responded to the scene but did not take anyone to a hospital, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

Detectives with the LAPD's Force Investigation Division were investigating the shooting, Joseph said.