Ambush Suspect Who Wounded Several Officers Gets Killed in Shootout

Mason James Lira is shown. A hunt by authorities began on June 11, 2020, for Lira, who has been identified as a suspected gunman who ambushed officers the previous day outside a California Central Coast police station, shooting a sheriff's deputy in the head. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department/San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Department via AP

LOS ANGELES—Several police officers were wounded Thursday in separate shootouts with a man suspected of ambushing and seriously injuring a deputy a day earlier. The suspect was shot and killed during a shootout, authorities said.

Scores of police officers have been searching for Mason James Lira, 26, since early Wednesday when authorities said he opened fire on the Paso Robles police station on California’s Central Coast and then shot a San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy in the face. The deputy is in serious condition.