Anti Federalist
10-23-2011, 03:30 PM
His initial crime to bring on cop attention appeared to be jaywalking.
Downey police fatally shoot man
By Phillip Zonkel, Staff writer
Posted: 10/23/2011 02:01:51 PM PDT
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:01:51 PM PDT
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_19177655
DOWNEY - A robbery suspect was fatally shot by Downey police Saturday, officials said.
The officer-involved shooting near Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard occurred about 7:20 p.m., Downey police Sgt. Perry Miller.
The male victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, but the body has not yet been transported to the Los County Coroner's office, so official identification has not been confirmed, said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the coroner's office.
A sister of the man shot by police told CBS2 that her brother was not involved in the robbery.
"My brother and his wife were getting gas. He went across the street to get some cigarettes. He jaywalked, I guess. And the police saw him. Confronted him. I don't know what happened, but they shot him ... in the back. Five times. Killed him," Terri Teramura said.
Teramura said her brother had four children.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are overseeing the investigation.
The Downey police officers responded to a call of an armed robbery and saw the suspect in the area acting suspiciously, said Sgt. Michael Thomas of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
Officers detained the suspect but he escaped and ran into the yard of a nearby house. As officers contained the area to relocate him, the suspect tried to flee again but was captured at Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard.
The suspect escaped detention again and fled, leading the officers on a short foot pursuit.
During the foot pursuit, the suspect turned toward the pursuing Downey officers in an aggressive manner. Fearing the suspect was armed, an officer fired at the suspect, striking him., Thomas said.
(How the fuck, exactly, do you "turn aggressively" while running away? - AF)
No weapon was recovered, he said.
No information about the robbery or a description of the suspect sought was released.
Downey police fatally shoot man
By Phillip Zonkel, Staff writer
Posted: 10/23/2011 02:01:51 PM PDT
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:01:51 PM PDT
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_19177655
DOWNEY - A robbery suspect was fatally shot by Downey police Saturday, officials said.
The officer-involved shooting near Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard occurred about 7:20 p.m., Downey police Sgt. Perry Miller.
The male victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, but the body has not yet been transported to the Los County Coroner's office, so official identification has not been confirmed, said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the coroner's office.
A sister of the man shot by police told CBS2 that her brother was not involved in the robbery.
"My brother and his wife were getting gas. He went across the street to get some cigarettes. He jaywalked, I guess. And the police saw him. Confronted him. I don't know what happened, but they shot him ... in the back. Five times. Killed him," Terri Teramura said.
Teramura said her brother had four children.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are overseeing the investigation.
The Downey police officers responded to a call of an armed robbery and saw the suspect in the area acting suspiciously, said Sgt. Michael Thomas of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
Officers detained the suspect but he escaped and ran into the yard of a nearby house. As officers contained the area to relocate him, the suspect tried to flee again but was captured at Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard.
The suspect escaped detention again and fled, leading the officers on a short foot pursuit.
During the foot pursuit, the suspect turned toward the pursuing Downey officers in an aggressive manner. Fearing the suspect was armed, an officer fired at the suspect, striking him., Thomas said.
(How the fuck, exactly, do you "turn aggressively" while running away? - AF)
No weapon was recovered, he said.
No information about the robbery or a description of the suspect sought was released.