Police officers shot and killed a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in a dramatic confrontation caught on video.
Five officers grappled on a pavement with a man known as Africa before shooting him five times in front of horrified onlookers.
The victim, whose full name has not been made public, was pronounced dead shortly after the encounter, which unfolded just before midday in skid row, a neighbourhood of homeless people and shelters close to the financial district.
Sergeant Barry Montgomery, an LAPD spokesman, told LA television station KTLA the incident would be fully investigated. “It’s going to be a long investigation and we will, you know, get to the bottom of it.” The department did not immediately respond to a Guardian request for elaboration.
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