The Los Angeles Police Division on Monday released bodycam footage displaying the second an officer fatally shot a 19-year-old man holding an airsoft gun.
Police final week had been known as to a residence close to 102nd and Grand streets for a home dispute.
A male teen emerged from the house with a black weapon. Police assumed he was carrying a rifle and gave him verbal calls for to drop the weapon.
“Hey! Hey! Hey! Put that down!” officers shouted as 19-year-old Luis Herrera emerged from the residence with what appeared like a rifle.
“The officers repositioned themselves and gave Herrera verbal instructions to drop the rifle,” stated LAPD Cpt. Kelly Muniz in a narration of the bodycam video. “Nevertheless, he didn’t adjust to officers instructions and shouldered the rifle and pointed instantly on the officers leading to an officer-involved taking pictures.”
KABC reported:
The Los Angeles Police Division has launched physique digicam video after officers shot and killed a 19-year-old who was brandishing what turned out to be an airsoft rifle final weekend in South Los Angeles.
Officers had been initially known as for a home violence report back to a house within the space of 102nd and Grand streets final Saturday. Two officers responded to the scene.
Los Angeles Police Division officers stated Luis Herrera got here out of the house armed with a weapon, showing to be a sort of rifle.
Investigators later decided the person was holding a realistic-looking airsoft rifle.
“My son!” his mom is heard yelling.
At one level, Herrera’s father got here out telling the officers the gun was a toy.
The incident unfolded after Herrera had known as 911 claiming his father had attacked him and his mom. That decision, based on investigators, proved to be unfaithful.
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