Police Still Hunting for Gunman’s Accomplice
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From Times Staff Reports
Police continued to search Thursday for a man who fled the scene of a shootout between his friend and a police officer Wednesday morning. The friend was killed later in another shootout with police in Torrance..
Ronald Schlagel, 50, and Matthew Bickel, 26, had been approached by an officer on North Gertruda Avenue when Bickel began shooting, police said.
Police searched for both men throughout the day. Ten hours later, police saw Bickel in a stolen truck and tried to stop him. He died in an exchange of gunfire.
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