LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The man fatally shot by Los Angeles police on Skid Row was a Cameroon national and convicted robber who was supposed to be deported, but was released from custody when Cameroon officials failed to cooperate with the deportation effort, federal authorities said today. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a […]
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Protesters rally at downtown LAPD over Skid Row shooting
March 3, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Protesters rallied today outside Los Angeles police headquarters in reaction to the weekend fatal shooting of a homeless man by police on Skid Row, while multiple investigations continue into the gunfire that was caught on camera and viewed millions of times online. The homeless man, identified by acquaintances only as “Africa,” […]
Chief Beck speaks out about Skid Row death
March 2, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said today a homeless man who was fatally shot by police on Skid Row was violently struggling with police and grabbing at one officer’s holstered pistol, prompting the shooting. Beck also said officers who approached the man, identified only as “Africa,” acted “compassionately” toward […]
Skid row robbery suspect shot dead in LAPD scuffle
March 2, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Amid expressions of anger from the black community, an investigation was underway today into the shooting death on skid row of a robbery suspect who allegedly grabbed a patrolman’s weapon during a scuffle with several Los Angeles police officers. Three officers, including a sergeant fired their guns in the noon-hour struggle […]
Man jailed after 5-hour Santa Monica standoff
February 22, 2015
OCEAN PARK (CNS) - A 28-year-old man remains jailed today, nursing police dog bites and facing a likely murder charge and $1 million bail, for the stabbing death of a man. David Carrillo barricaded himself inside an Ocean Park apartment for more than five hours, tying traffic in southern Santa Monica up for hours Saturday. Carrillo […]
