The deceased got out of his black sedan, counted “3, 2, 1” and began to move his arm towards the front of his body when there was an agent who ended up involved in the accident, according to LAPD
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Friday, September 20
Photos: Police shooting kills man wearing bulletproof vest in Hollywood
Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD , by is investigating a shooting in Hollywood, Los Angeles , in which some of his agents participated and which ended the life of a man wearing a vest, as reported by the department itself this Saturday.
Officers were responding to an incident reported at 2:00: 35 in the afternoon when a vehicle stopped dead in front of the patrol police at the height of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax and reversed in the direction of where they were. LAPD assured in a Twitter thread that the local agency’s cars had sirens and emergency lights on when they encountered this situation.
There has been an Officer-Involved Shooting on Sunset Bl nesr Fairfax in Hollywood Division. Around 2: 35 pm ofcrs were heading to a radio call w / their lights & sirens on when a car pulled in front of them, stopped suddenly & reversed into the police car.
– LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) April 25, 2021
The man came out of what in some videos and photos is shown as a black sedan with white lettering on its exterior. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and confronted the officers with “his right hand hidden behind him,” as revealed by the police on the social network.
The officers got out of the patrol car at that moment and the man started walking towards them , according to the publication of the local authority. It was there when the agents opened fire on him. One of the bullets hit him and they declared his death on the spot of the events, according to the LAPD.
The white letters that covered the sedan black from which the deceased came out were messages about conspiracy theories as “new world order” or “deception governments”. The vehicle appeared to have a damaged rear bumper while it appeared in the pictures in contact with the patrol car.
Several images also show the man on the street pavement, covered in blood and wearing the bulletproof vest. The agents would remove the vest shortly after, according to KTLA.
Police, who did not say if they found a weapon at the scene, reported that their detectives were doing interviews to gather evidence of what had happened.
Detective Meghan Aguilar told reporters that the authorities had compiled the information from the images from the agent’s body camera , as published by various media Communication. Aguilar added that an informative session will be held in which more details of what happened will be given.
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