Placentia police shoot stalking suspect in Fullerton shopping center

Law enforcement is investigating a police shooting stemming from a stalking case in Fullerton. 

According to the Fullerton Police Department, the shooting involved a detective from the Placentia Police Department and happened at a shopping center in the 3300 block of Yorba Linda Boulevard. Police said officers first learned of the shooting at about 5:55 p.m. when the detective tried to contact a man involved in a staking case. 

The detectives were not harmed in the shooting, however, the man was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Police have not closed off streets but a portion of a shopping center is closed off.