at a house rented under a false name by Nancy Ling Perry. They were convicted and sentenced to prison. L.A. shootout and death Soltysik was one of the six SLA members killed in Los Angeles in a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department on May 17, 1974. It was her 24th birthday. In the armed confrontation the house was accidentally set on fire. The SLA members initially took shelter beneath the floor of the house in a crawl space. She died from smoke inhalation, burn injuries, and several LAPD gunshot wounds as the house burned down around her. References External links Mizmoon Audio Clip, This is information, intelligence unit 4 (site noted as deactivated) 1950 births 1974 deaths People from Goleta, California LGBT people from California Radical feminists Symbionese Liberation Army American female murderers 20th-century LGBT people