Disturbing video recorded by a bystander appears to show a California Highway Patrol officer shoot a man repeatedly after a wrestle in the course of the 105 Freeway in Watts on Sunday afternoon.
The CHP confirmed Monday {that a} capturing happened on the freeway, however didn’t present fundamental info, together with the medical standing of the man who was shot, whom authorities haven’t recognized.
CHP officers stated they responded to the freeway about 3:15 p.m. after receiving a number of calls a couple of man strolling by means of site visitors close to the Wilmington Avenue exit.
After contacting the pedestrian, “a struggle ensued and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” the CHP stated in a launch. Authorities stated over a police radio that the man had a Taser and fired it on the officer, main to the capturing, in accordance to audio posted on the Citizen cell app.
The CHP directed all inquiries to the California Department of Justice, which investigates police shootings when the individual is killed and was unarmed, in accordance to the division.
The state DOJ didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The video begins with a CHP officer on prime of one other individual as the 2 wrestle on the pavement in the course of what appears to be a closed stretch of freeway.
After a number of seconds, whereas the 2 tussle, a gun appears to go off and a bullet ricochets off the pavement close to the physique of the man, who stays on the bottom.
The CHP officer then stands up and shoots at the very least 4 extra instances on the susceptible man, the video reveals.
The man lies immobile for the remainder of the minute-long video. The CHP officer stays by the physique together with his gun drawn.
Travis Norton, a regulation enforcement officer who runs the California Assn. of Tactical Officers After Action Review, stated video is a restricted means to perceive a police capturing.
“It is hard to diagnose without knowing what the officer saw, experienced and interpreted was happening,” Norton stated. “All I see is a very short scuffle. I see the suspect point something that appears to look like some sort of weapon. … From the video, without knowing anything else about it, the use of deadly force appears appropriate.”
