Police officers who fatally shot a suspect holding an assault rifle were in an unmarked car and wearing "full police uniforms," Los Angeles Police Department officials said in a statement released tonight.

The shooting occurred between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sept. 28 in the 1600 block of Temple Street, according to department accounts.

According to the statement, "officers stopped a car taken two days earlier at gun point in the North Hollywood area. The suspect ignored the officers' commands and got out of the car holding an assault rifle."

The incident began around 4:30 p.m. Sept. 28, when three police officers assigned to the Rampart Station "were working in an unmarked car wearing full police uniforms," the LAPD statement said.

The officers were in the area of North Union Avenue and West Court Street when they observed a silver Honda Accord, being driven by a white male, the statement said.

The officers decided to run a wants and warrants check on the car, and the check returned a description of "wanted armed and dangerous," the statement said.

The officers followed the car, and requested backup and support from a helicopter crew.

The suspect, Jack Schlesinger, 25, of Los Angeles, drove north on Union Avenue to Montezuma Place where he turned eastbound.

Before more police units arrived, Schlesinger stopped in a common parking area for several duplexes in the 1600 block of Temple Street.

"The officers stopped their car behind him and ordered him to come out of the car with his hands up and to lie on the ground," the statement said. "Schlesinger ignored the commands and got out of the car holding an assault rifle.

"At that point an officer-involved shooting occurred, in which Schlesinger was struck by the officers' gunfire. Schlesinger was pronounced dead at scene by LAFD paramedics. The officers were not injured."

A loaded, high-caliber assault rifle with a large-capacity magazine and a loaded revolver were recovered at scene, according to police.

The two officers who fired their weapons were identified as Officer John Hendrix, with eight years and one month with the LAPD, and Officer Shawn Graber, with three years and two months with the LAPD.

The department's Force Investigation Division is investigating.