SoCal man killed by cops was 2004 murder suspect
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081224/capt.3210da5a079142e4a24c21a4f5b5a5ac.boy_hostage_la111.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=LdMqhiqyn0bpAv_u7ByTdA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Paramedics and SWAT team officers carry out a boy on a stretcher after being rescued from the a Chinese restaurant where an armed man had been holding him hostage in El Monte, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. A camouflaged gunman has been killed during a standoff with police that began when he snatched a boy off the sidewalk and held him hostage in a suburban Los Angeles restaurant. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_re_us/boy_hostage)AP - Authorities say a man shot and killed by California police after a two-hour standoff in which he held a 6-year-old boy hostage had been wanted for the 2004 murder of his girlfriend.</p><br clear="all"/>
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