Stevenson Ranch shootout
| Stevenson Ranch shootout | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stevenson Ranch, California |
| Date | August 31, 2001, United States |
Attack type | Shootout, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | Firearm |
| Deaths | 2 (Kuredjian and the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | James Allen Beck |
On August 31, 2001, a shootout occurred in Stevenson Ranch, an unincorporated community in Santa Clarita Valley, California. It resulted in the immediate deaths of James Allen Beck, a convicted felon, and Hagop "Jake" Kuredjian, a sheriff's deputy. Ten years later, ATF agent Jeff Ryan committed suicide resulting from the traumatic ordeal.