Police Officer Says He Shot Dead Unarmed Homeless Black Man because of 'peril'
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 02:09PM
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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]
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