LAPD Suggests Mentally Disturbed Man They Killed Was In A Gang, Maybe

An eyewitness to the killing of Ezell Ford
told The Huffington Post on Wednesday that he heard an officer
with the Los Angeles Police Department shout “shoot him” before
three bullets were unloaded into the unarmed, 25-year-old black
man, who was on the ground.

“It is unknown if the suspect has any gang affiliations,” the
LAPD said in a statement after the killing.

But people in Ford’s neighborhood said the young man was not
remotely involved in gang activity. Leroy Hill said he was an
eyewitness to the shooting Monday night, and confirmed that he
heard three shots.

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