Sunday, March 1, 2015

Video Shows Los Angeles Police Shooting That Killed A Homeless Man

Officers were called to downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row Sunday morning regarding an altercation between two people, CBS reported. Warning: Violence and language.


A video showed an altercation in L.A.'s Skid Row Sunday morning that left a man dead.


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Warning: violence and language.


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In a video uploaded to Facebook, officers can be seen with two people. Two officers pull one person away. The other officers, who are farther from the camera, surround a man.


"Drop the gun," officers shout several times with their own guns drawn. About five shots can be heard on the video.


Witnesses believed the man had been killed by police, but CBS reported he was taken to a hospital by paramedics. The Los Angeles Times reported he was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after he arrived.


BuzzFeed News has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department for more information.


Witness also began shouting that they did not believe the man who was shot was armed.


Information about what happened before the shooting was also not immediately available. NBC reported the officers had been responding to a robbery in the area. CBS instead reported that a person had been pushed from a wheelchair.




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SOURCE: BuzzFeed

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