Photos: Deadly officer-involved shooting on skid row
Protesters march on March 3 from the skid row site where a homeless man was killed by officers on March 1 to the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
An officer-involved shooting on Los Angeles’ skid row has captured nationwide attention. Three officers opened fire on a man just before noon March 1 on San Pedro Street in downtown L.A.
Marchers protesting the officer-involved killing of a homeless man on skid row on March 1 head down 5th Street toward the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on March 3. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters demonstrating against the officer-involved shooting of a homeless man on March 1 chant outside the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Suzette Shaw, 50, screams “You can’t kill!” during a March 3 protest at the skid row site where a homeless man was killed by police officers on March 1. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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Kelly Kunta, who lives on skid row, sits on the ground in front of Los Angeles Police Department headquarters March 3 during a symbolic die-in protesting the fatal shooting of a homeless man in a confrontation with LAPD officers. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters stand in front of LAPD headquarters March 3 after marching from the scene of a fatal shooting of a homeless man in a confrontation with police officers on skid row. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A small memorial at the site of Sunday’s deadly officer-involved shooting. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
An LAPD patrol car drives by the site of Sunday’s officer-involved shooting. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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Ota Omoruyi, 53, who has been homeless for a year, places a cardboard sign on Monday at the site of Sunday’s deadly officer-involved shooting. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck discusses the recent police shooting on skid row. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
People gather at Pershing Square on Sunday to protest the police shooting of a homeless man. The man was killed by LAPD officers during a confrontation downtown. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Patrisse Cullors, cofounder of Black Lives Matter, speaks to people gathered at Pershing Square on Sunday to protest LAPD’s fatal shooting of a homeless man. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
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Police close San Pedro Street between 5th and 6th streets in downtown Los Angeles after an LAPD officer-involved shooting on Sunday. (Christina House / For The Times)
An investigation is underway on San Pedro Street between 5th and 6th streets in downtown Los Angeles after an officer-involved shooting on Sunday. (Christina House / For The Times)