Donald Charles Kueck

Deadly force

Authorities used tear gas and a battering ram to try to flush out a heavily armed, barricaded man suspected of killing a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. A fire broke out about 8 p.m. Kueck, 52, had exchanged gunfire with sheriff's deputies before the fire, which quickly spread through the house and several outbuildings. They said it was not immediately known whether Kueck, who was moving about the property, had been trapped and killed in any of the structures, all of which were destroyed.