A homeless man was killed in a police-involved shooting on skid row in Los Angeles yesterday. The name of the man has not been disclosed, pending notification to the next of kin. He was known on the street as “Africa.” He was a suspect in a robbery.

The shooting was captured on a graphic video shot by a bystander, who posted it on Facebook. It had been viewed more than 6 million times in the first seven hours after it was posted.

A second video shot from a slightly different angle emerged Monday morning, also showing a violent struggle between officers and the man before the shooting.

LAPD Sgt. Barry Montgomery, noting that there were at least two surveillance cameras mounted on buildings at the scene, said there could be other recordings of the incident. Source: LA Times

This was cross-posted from The Hinterland Gazette.