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Jul272004
Police Officer Says He Shot Dead Unarmed Homeless Black Man because of 'peril'
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 02:09PM
Long Beach Police Officer Says He Shot Dead Unarmed Homeless Black Man because 'he was in peril'
A Long Beach police officer told investigators he felt in peril when he fatally shot an unarmed man from five feet away because the man had twice tried to grab the officer's service revolver or holster moments earlier, the department said Monday. Officer Dave Garcia, a three-year department veteran, fired once at Keyante Reed, 20, ending an incident that had begun barely three minutes earlier in a nearby 7-Eleven parking lot, where Reed flagged down the officer and yelled for help. [more]
A Long Beach police officer told investigators he felt in peril when he fatally shot an unarmed man from five feet away because the man had twice tried to grab the officer's service revolver or holster moments earlier, the department said Monday. Officer Dave Garcia, a three-year department veteran, fired once at Keyante Reed, 20, ending an incident that had begun barely three minutes earlier in a nearby 7-Eleven parking lot, where Reed flagged down the officer and yelled for help. [more]