LAPD shooting video update: investigation into homeless man’s death will involve police body cameras
- 9 years ago
The officer-involved shooting that left one man dead Sunday will be investigated “very, very carefully,” according to Police Commission President Steve Soboroff.
Soboroff told reporters the LAPD, the independent inspector general and the district attorney’s office will all contribute to the investigation. Witness testimonies, cellphone and surveillance videos, and police body cameras are under review.
According to police, officers attempted to subdue a man who was suspected of robbery just before noon on Sunday. The man was tackled to the ground but continued to struggle, despite officers’ use of a stun gun.
The LA Times reports an enhanced version of the civilian video shows the man reaching for an officer’s waistband, but that it remains unclear whether he obtained the weapon.
“At some point in the altercation there was a struggle over one of the officer’s weapon and that’s when the officer-involved shooting occurred,” a police spokesperson said.
In the video, one of the officers can be heard yelling, “drop the gun! Drop the gun!”
Witnesses have identified the victim as “Africa,” a homeless man who lived in a tent in an area known as Skid Row. According to one witness account, the man had recently spent time in a mental facility.
“When he took his last breath, they handcuffed him,” one witness told reporters. “Everyone was hollering, ‘you killed that man!’”
Police have not yet released the man’s identity.
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Soboroff told reporters the LAPD, the independent inspector general and the district attorney’s office will all contribute to the investigation. Witness testimonies, cellphone and surveillance videos, and police body cameras are under review.
According to police, officers attempted to subdue a man who was suspected of robbery just before noon on Sunday. The man was tackled to the ground but continued to struggle, despite officers’ use of a stun gun.
The LA Times reports an enhanced version of the civilian video shows the man reaching for an officer’s waistband, but that it remains unclear whether he obtained the weapon.
“At some point in the altercation there was a struggle over one of the officer’s weapon and that’s when the officer-involved shooting occurred,” a police spokesperson said.
In the video, one of the officers can be heard yelling, “drop the gun! Drop the gun!”
Witnesses have identified the victim as “Africa,” a homeless man who lived in a tent in an area known as Skid Row. According to one witness account, the man had recently spent time in a mental facility.
“When he took his last breath, they handcuffed him,” one witness told reporters. “Everyone was hollering, ‘you killed that man!’”
Police have not yet released the man’s identity.
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