Last Week Police Shot and Killed a Black Man and a Latino Man
Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts met Tuesday with
about 70 community members and religious leaders to discuss
investigations into three shootings by officers last week, two of them
occurring within 10 hours. Of the three men wounded in the shootings,
two died, said Long Beach Police Sgt. David Cannan. He said two of
those shot were Latino and the other was African American. The black
man was unarmed when he was fatally shot. The department and the Los
Angeles County district attorney's office are investigating the
shootings. The seven officers who discharged their guns were put on
paid three-day leave, which is routine, and must be cleared for return
to duty by the department psychologist. [more]
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