Los Angeles Police shoots and kills man in struggle
Police officers who stopped a man walking along a South Los Angeles street shot and killed him during a struggle, police said Tuesday.
The man’s identity was not immediately available, and police did not have information on whether he was armed.
The shooting occurred about 8:20 p.m. Monday on West 65th Street between Broadway and Main Street when Los Angeles Police Department Newton Division officers tried to stop the man for questioning, said Officer Sally Madera of the agency’s media relations office.
Why the officers wanted to speak with him was unknown. Police described the contact as an “investigative stop.”
During the stop, the man struggled with officers and was shot, Madera said. He later died at a hospital.
Madera said it was unknown if the man was a gang member.
The LAPD’s Force Investigative Division is conducting a probe into the shooting. The findings will be reviewed by Chief Charlie Beck, the Office of the Inspector General and the Board of Police Commissioners, Madera said.
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