Los Angeles Police fatally shot an 18-year-old man on Saturday in South Los Angeles after he bailed out of a vehicle being pursued by officers and ran away on foot, reported the LA Times.
The fatal shooting of the man, identified by his relatives as Carnell Snell Jr., stirred anger among residents that lingered into the night. Police say Snell was armed with a gun, though residents almost immediately questioned that account.
The events leading up to the shooting began about 1pm (local time), when officers spotted a car with paper plates and tried to stop it, thinking the vehicle may have been stolen, Sgt. Barry Montgomery told reporters.
When the driver of the vehicle failed to stop, officers began a pursuit, commented Montgomery.
The vehicle stopped near 106th Street and Western, and two passengers got out of the car and ran in different directions, police said. The officers chased one of them toward the back of a house on 107th Street, stated Montgomery, where police shot him.
“THEY KILLED MY BROTHER”
Trenell Snell, 17, said she was outside with friends when she saw her older brother, CJ, running from police. Trenell Snell started running too, she said. Then she heard gunfire — “boom, boom, boom, boom,” reported the LA Times.
She hit the ground. When she got up, she said, her brother was on the ground, handcuffed.
“At the end of the day, the cops came and shot my brother,” she said. “Killed my brother.”
Relatives said Snell was killed outside his house.
Police have not said what exactly happened in the moments before the shooting, citing the early stages of the investigation. An LAPD spokesman said a handgun was found at the scene.
Police have not found the driver of the vehicle or the other passenger. They did not give any other information about those individuals.
As news of the shooting spread through the neighborhood, dozens of local activists and other people gathered on the outskirts of the police tape blocking a wide swath of the neighbourhood, at one point crashing a police news conference.
“PLEASE CAN I SEE MY SON?”
Snell’s mother cried as she begged officers to let her past the tape to see her son’s body.
“Please, can I see my son?” she said. “I want to see my son.
POLICE KILLINGS
An African man shot by El Cajon Police officers on Tuesday died from his injuries.
The fatal shooting occurred just three days after police in Charlotte, North Carolina released video showing the September 20 killing of Keith Lamont Scott.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a police officer shot and killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on a highway six days after the Charlotte shooting. In that case, Officer Betty Shelby was charged with manslaughter.
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