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Yahoo newsBy SUE MANNING, Associated Press Writer Sue Manning, Associated Press Writer – 30 mins ago
LOS ANGELES – A veteran Los Angeles police detective who testified at the Rodney King trial killed herself after walking into the lobby of a suburban sheriff's station, authorities said Tuesday.
Susan Clemmer, 41, was a gang narcotics officer who worked for the department for nearly 20 years, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. She was unmarried.
"She walked in with a box of personal items and placed it on the counter," Whitmore said.
He declined to describe the items because they are part of the investigation into the 9 p.m. Monday shooting at the Santa Clarita station, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, .
A pregnant deputy tried to help Clemmer before the shooting, but Clemmer wouldn't talk to her, Whitmore said. A male deputy did have a conversation with Clemmer.
"He was concerned about how she was behaving," Whitmore said. "The deputy left the lobby and heard a single gunshot."
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