USA-CALIFORNIA/SHOOTING Police shoot and kill man in Los Angeles after reports he opened fire

Record ID: 146334

  • Title: USA-CALIFORNIA/SHOOTING Police shoot and kill man in Los Angeles after reports he opened fire
  • Date: 25th July 2015
  • Summary: STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 24, 2015) (REUTERS) POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES LINING THE STREET POLICE OFFICERS WYATT TOROSIAN, EYE WITNESS, SPEAKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) WYATT TOROSIAN, EYE WITNESS, SAYING: "I was in the Starbucks and I saw them congregate around the individual who appeared to have a gun and I had heard, right before I
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  • Story Text: Police responded to reports of a man firing a gun in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday (July 24) afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
    A LAPD spokesman said police shot and killed the suspected shooter and later recovered a handgun near him.
    Wyatt Torosian was in a nearby coffee shop when the scene unfolded.
    "I was in the Starbucks and I saw them congregate around the individual who appeared to have a gun and I had heard, right before I had stepped out from the back end of the Starbucks, that he had fired some shots in the air. There was some noise and some interference, it sounded like police had ordered him to drop the gun. He didn't comply and he was shot twice immediately and I saw him go back," he said.
    "I was looking right at him as he was shot," he added.
    Dozens of emergency vehicles responded to the scene, and a bomb squad could be seen deploying a robot to inspect a package.
    Local streets were blocked by police vehicles, diverting traffic and pedestrians from the area.
    The Los Angeles Fire Department described the incident as a "single-victim shooting."
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