2024-03-25 19:16:04
The tragedy took place Sunday evening in City of Industry, a large suburb of Los Angeles, in a sheriff’s station following the young Latin American girl knocked on the door, according to a press release. When the officers opened the door, “the teenage girl ran into the lobby, grabbed the officer’s firearm and took it,” the document said.
“A struggle ensued between the deputies and the young girl who was armed with the officer’s firearm,” the statement added. “During the struggle, the teenager suffered a gunshot wound. »
Dispatched to the scene, firefighters pronounced him dead.
Open investigation
An investigation has been opened. According to initial information, the incident is linked to a call made a little earlier to sheriff’s agents, regarding a “family disturbance”.
The sheriff’s department insisted that the tragedy “was not an officer-involved shooting.”
Interventions by law enforcement that take a fatal turn are quite common in the United States. According to an independent count by the Washington Post, more than 1,100 people have been shot and killed by police in 2023.
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