The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said deputies were serving a search warrant for a barricaded arson suspect when the shooting occurred.

A woman suspected of trying to set a neighbor’s home on fire was carrying a large knife when at least one deputy fatally shot her while deputies served a search warrant at her Rosemead home early Thursday morning, Feb. 27, an investigator said.

A female arson suspect was shot and killed when Los Angeles County deputies serving a search warrant at a home in the San Gabriel Valley opened fire early Thursday morning. The shooting occurred in the 8700 block of Scott Street in Rosemead around 12:30 a.

The female suspect wanted for an arson situation was struck by police gunfire. She was taken to an area hospital where she was declared dead by medical personnel.