Porn actor detained after cliff-top standoff

[Yoshitsune Minamoto]

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</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="bodytext_10pt"> <!-- CONTENT : start --> LOS ANGELES, US- A porn actor wanted for allegedly murdering a co-worker with a samurai-style sword was in police custody after falling from a cliff edge following a dramatic standoff. Stephen Hill, 30, was wanted for one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder after attacking colleagues at a pornographic film distribution company warehouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Early Saturday, Los Angeles Police Department SWAT teams descended on a house in the San Fernando Valley after a tip-off, police said.

Hill was discovered at the property and was subsequentely cornered by officers at the edge of a steep cliff adjoining the house, where he had threatened to kill himself, police said. The standoff ended around 5:30 pm (0030 GMT) local time after Hill fell from the cliff edge, landing on rocks below. Local media reported that Hill was in police custody and being treated by paramedics. The extent of his injuries was not known. Television footage had earlier showed the actor holding a samurai sword and shouting at police to keep their distance.

Hill, who has appeared in several porn films under the stage name "Steve Driver," is alleged to have murdered fellow actor Herbert Wong at the warehouse-style offices of Ultima DVD on Tuesday. Wong, who had appeared in two films with Hill under the name "Tom Dong," died as he tried to help other staff to escape, the company's owner said. Hill's rampage appeared to have been triggered by the discovery that he was about to be fired and evicted from the office where he had been living, according to local media reports.
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[Yoshitsune Minamoto]

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Porn actor Stephen Clancy Hill plunged to his death after an eight-hour standoff with Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit. Porn actor Stephen Clancy Hill, known as Steve Driver, is dead after plunging off a 40-foot cliff in West Hills California. In a Digital Journal report by Laura Trowbridge Hill had allegedly killed another actor and injured two others with a samurai sword. He fled and the police were looking for him. When police arrived at 9:30 a.m. Hill walked up the cliff threatening to commit suicide.

Officers called the SWAT team and crisis negotiators. Hill had a sword that he kept pointing to his chest. It was not known if the sword was the same one used in the murder at Ultima DVD, a video distribution facility in Van Nuys. Hill warned the officers to stay back or he would kill himself. As police attempted to move in to end the standoff Hill threw himself over the cliff and hit his head. L.A. Now reports Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said,“He was bent on taking his own life. It’s very unfortunate. We wanted this to end a different way.” Attempted murder charges had been filed against Hill.

Police were called on Saturday when someone spotted Hill's 1998 Toyota at Azul Drive LAPD Officer Bruce Borihahn said. KABC-TV Los Angeles, CA reports the autopsy has been completed by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office. The results will not be announced until the toxicology tests are completed.