SWAT officer killed in Winnetka standoff
A second officer is wounded; suspect, three others are dead.
By Jason Kandel, Brent Hopkins, Beth Barrett and Rick Coca, Staff Writers
Article Launched: 02/07/2008 10:58:01 AM PST
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WINNETKA - An LAPD SWAT team member was shot to death and another was wounded overnight by a gang member with mental health issues who earlier killed three people inside a home and eventually was shot to death by police, authorities said this morning.

Officer Randy Simmons, 51, died about 1 a.m., a few minutes after entering the home in the 19800 block of Welby Way. He was shot in the neck, according to City Councilman Dennis Zine.

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It was the first fatality in the history of the elite LAPD SWAT team, which was created in 1967.