EL MONTE — Police seized 23 guns, including a fully automatic assault rifle, from an El Monte home while investigating a report of domestic violence Thursday, officials said.
Caminero Wang, 40, was booked on suspicion of domestic violence as authorities looked into his possession of the 12 handguns, 10 rifles and a shotgun, El Monte police Cpl. Aram Choe said.
Among the weapons was a fully automatic M-16 rifle, as well as a semi-automatic Chinese-made copy of an AK-47 rifle called a Mak-90.
Some of the handguns were registered to Wang, while others were not, Choe added.
Officers routinely confiscate weapons from homes while investigation allegations of domestic violence, the corporal said. An investigation into the source and legality of the guns was ongoing.
The woman victimized in the domestic violence incident had been kicked, Choe said, but required no hospitalization.

EL MONTE — A 10-hour standoff with a suicidal man at an El Monte home came to an end Thursday after a SWAT team forced their way in and found him dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
The man, whose name was not available late Thursday, was initially described as 36 years old, El Monte police Sgt. Roger Cobian said.
The incident began shortly before 8 a.m. when family members of the men reported he was suicidal at a home in the 4500 block of La Madera Avenue, officials said.
Firefights arrived at the scene first, but backed off after learning from family members that the suicidal man may be armed with a handgun, Cobian said.
Shortly after officers arrived, they heard two gunshots from within the house, Lt. Dan Burlingham said. Officers did not see where the gunfire was directed.
Officers called for a SWAT team, which arrived at the scene about 8:30 a.m, Burlingham said.
In the minutes following the shooting, police received several 9-1-1 calls from within the home in which the caller immediately hung up, Burlingham said.
Knowing the suicidal man was the only person inside the home, he said, police took the calls as a sign that the suicidal person was still inside and alive.
Police learned the man they were seeking is a convicted felon who already had two strikes, as well as a $40,000 warrant for his arrest stemming from a narcotics case, Cobian said. His prior convictions included robbery and weapons violations.
Throughout the morning and afternoon, “We made numerous attempts to call and text his phones,” Cobian said.
Officials also used a robot to bring a phone into the home about 2:30 p.m. with no response, he added.
Cameras on the robot saw no one inside the home, but there were several closed doors which the robot could not peer into, Cobian said.
Worried family members of the man gathered outside yellow crime scene tape set up by police and anxiously waited for word on the outcome of the lengthy standoff. They did not wish to comment for this story.
As evening approached, SWAT team members began firing canisters of chemical irritant — more than a dozen — into the home in hopes of forcing the man out.
When that failed to produce results, SWAT team members made their way into the house about 6 p.m.
They discovered the body of the man inside a bedroom, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Family members broke into tears and consoled each other upon receiving the news.
Homes surrounding the SWAT operation were evacuated as a precaution, Cobian said. Residents who were particularly close to the affected home were shuttled to safety via armored truck.
The nearby Community Day School was went a voluntary lockdown as a precaution, but dismissed students at the normal time, officials said.

EL MONTE — A SWAT team has arrived at a home in El Monte after officers responding to reports of a man acting suspiciously were greeted with gunfire, authorities said.
No injuries were reported in the shooting, which took place shortly after 8 a.m. in the 4500 block of La Madera Avenue, El Monte police Lt. Dan Burlingham said.
Family members of the suspect, initially described only as a man, called police to report he was acting suspiciously, the lieutenant said.
Shortly after arriving, two gunshots were fired from inside the home, Burlingham said.
Officials called for a SWAT team, which arrived at the scene about 8:30 a.m.
The suspect was believed to be the only person inside the home, Burlingham said. After the shots were fired, police received several 9-1-1 calls from the home in which the caller immediately hung up.

EAST LOS ANGELES — An 26-year-old El Monte man died early Sunday in a solo-car crash on a a freeway transition road in East Los Angeles, authorities said.
Francisco Garcia-Mendoza died at the scene of the crash, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Kelsie Weber said.
The crash occurred about 3:05 a.m. on the connector road linking the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway to the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway, officials said. The driver was at the wheel of a 1994 Acura, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
“For unknown reasons, (the driver) veered to the left causing (the Acura) to collide with the raised concrete curb,” CHP officials said in a written statement.
The car left the roadway and overturned as it fell down an embankment, ultimately tumbling across all eastbound lanes of the 60 Freeway and coming to rest within the center divider, officials said.
Though he was wearing a seat belt, the driver was thrown from his the car and landed in traffic lanes of the eastbound 60 Freeway, the CHP statement said.
The cause of the crash was under investigation by the CHP’s East Los Angeles office.