From [HERE] The LAPD is under fire after officers reportedly shot a suspect who was lying on the ground handcuffed. Kennedy Garcia, 23, was shot by two officers after fleeing from an alleged graffiti incident. On Oct. 13, Garcia was with other men when they were first stopped by police, the LAPD reported. Garcia fled and officers went looking for him. They were told he was armed and noncompliant. They eventually spotted Garcia hiding under an SUV on S. Westlawn Avenue and shot him twice in the lower back.

“The officers who were involved in the shooting had no idea he was handcuffed. What they saw was a man who they had reports had a gun, refusing to comply with directions, they saw the flash of steel, late night and they reacted to it,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said.

An LAPD press release failed to mention Garcia was handcuffed when he was shot. CBS2/KCAL9 reporter Amy Johnson asked Beck why it appears the agency held out some of the details.