Los Angeles: On Friday, December 13, 2013, around 10:00 p.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department requested LAPD to take over a pursuit of a silver Chevrolet Corvette that Sheriff's deputies were pursuing for reckless driving.
Officers from Newton Division observed the vehicle along with the LAPD Air Unit, and LAPD assumed the pursuit as requested by LASD.
The pursuit terminated at the intersection of Los Angeles Street and Olympic Blvd when the suspect’s vehicle ran a red light and collided with an uninvolved vehicle with two occupants.
At that point the suspect’s vehicle came to rest at the southwest corner of the intersection and the suspect exited the vehicle and an officer involved shooting occurred.
The suspect was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The two occupants of the vehicle struck by the suspect’s vehicle were also transported. One occupant sustained a shattered vertebra in her neck and a collapsed lung. The second occupant complained of injuries to the face and body. There were no officers injured during the incident. No weapon was recovered.
The investigation will ultimately be reviewed by the Chief of Police, the Office of the Inspector General and Board of Police Commissioners for compliance with the Department’s use-of-force policy, which states that an officer’s use-of-force actions must be objectively reasonable.
Additionally, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Justice System Integrity Division will conduct a comprehensive review of the facts of the officer-involved shooting.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call Force Investigation Division at 213-486-5230. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.” Tipsters may also go to www.LAPDOnline.org, click on "webtips" and follow the prompts.
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This truly does not look good on video for the officers involved! But it's a video and has very little bearing on what the dangers the officers perceived from this out of control maniac at the time of the incident! I have faith in the Chief and the police that a thorough, fair, and transparent investigation is in progress. I am hopeful that at the end the officers are able to justify their actions appropriately but for now I'm lending very little attention to a one- sided , one -dimensional tv clip causing people to make decisions without the facts. Also what about hand poor innocent people this idiot almost killed? Should the family of this dangerous reckless individual sue and win, may the real victims in this ordeal( other car) sue the estate of the individual and get rich!!!
Posted by: Frank Rissi | December 21, 2024 at 01:34 PM
Its unfortunate when guns are drawn by police officers under any circumstances but the public alwys wants to blame the officers in every case right away... look at the criminal who decided to run from the police. I dont feel bad for anyone who breaks the law and tries to run that ends up hurt or killed in the end. One less criminal in our community. Good job officers.
Posted by: natasha | December 22, 2024 at 12:36 AM
gun range training needs to be modified from all cadets firing until their weapons are empty and all firing at the same time. this produces reactions to gunfire that puts officers into reaction mode where they all empty their guns into whoever the are aiming toward.
it looked like in that live feed that a lead officer took the driver down with at least 2 bean bag rounds and as he was falling to the ground the other officers reacted to the noise of the shot gun going off and fired their service weapons like they were trained on the gun range to shoot. i know it will take time to retrain all the officers but they have to requalify at least once or twice a year with lapd on the range. changes to the range are also going to be needed to make it interactive for this change. firing when other lives are in danger but not emptying every officers magazine as thats going to work out badly at some shootout in the future. i don't blame the officers as they were following range training but by ingrained/intrained reaction instead of proper procedure to protect and to serve.
i do not expect this response to be posted publicly. but i do expect it to land on chief Becks desk and the mayors desk.
thank you.. this is my real email i will be glad to expand explain in conversation with chief beck and or the mayor.
Posted by: wayne petty | December 27, 2024 at 06:59 AM