Suspect Killed by Police Identified

Authorities have identified the armed robbery suspect shot and killed by Pasadena police on Saturday night as Kendrec Lavelle McDade, 20, of Azusa.

The officers were responding to a call of an armed robbery that had occurred shortly after 11 p.m. near the intersection of Summit Avenue and Orange Grove Blvd.

The victim followed two suspects while calling the police on his cell phone. The suspects ran in different directions trying to evade the victim.

Police say two officers immediately arrived and saw one suspect running near Fair Oaks Avenue and Orange Grove Blvd.

The officers pursued the suspect north on Sunset Avenue from Orange Grove Blvd and as they neared him, police say the officers “observed his hands at his waistband. Fearing for their lives they fired multiple shots striking the suspect.”

The suspect was transported to local area hospital where he died.

Pasadena Police Lt. Tracey Ibarra said that as of early Sunday afternoon, no weapon had been located at the scene of the Sunset Ave. shooting but that “but PPD personnel will continue efforts to locate [a] weapon.”

Detectives notified the family at the hospital and the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Investigator responded and took possession of the body.

Anyone having information regarding the robbery or shooting is asked to contact the Pasadena Police Department at (626) 744-4241