LA police kill teen girl while firing shots at male suspect

[JoeOtterbein]

Source: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room Thursday as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier, authorities said.

Police also killed the male suspect, authorities said. He and the girl have not been named. The woman who had been assaulted was taken to the hospital with moderate to serious injuries.

The shots were fired around 11:45 a.m. at a Burlington store — part of a chain formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory — in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley.

Police initially responded to reports of a person being assaulted with a deadly weapon as well as reports of shots being fired, said Los Angeles police Capt. Stacy Spell at a news conference. Spell said officers opened fire when they saw the suspect assaulting another person.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/shootings-los-angeles-hollywood-de8207bf9c584a60a6d6a8e47563d5a9

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(tears)

[Backseat Driver]

1. ...

and a heavy heart for the family and friends of that young girl; over and over...

[LonePirate]

2. Police opened fire in a likely crowded retail store two days before Christmas?

The offending officer should be fired and brought up on manslaughter charges. Reality tells me nothing will happen to that officer and the girl's family won't even receive an apology let alone funeral expenses from the city because of that deadly incompetence. American policing is beyond repair.

[Withywindle]

3. +1. Police killings are up 143% in LA from last year

according to this housing justice activist who's running for LA City Controller:

Link to tweet

[tishaLA]

4. They were shopping for her quinceaera

and the bastards opened fire in a crowded store rather than try to use something other than lethal force to subdue the guy who was assaulting people. Cretins.

[Withywindle]

5. That's heartbreaking

[sowhaim]

6. It's Christmas stupid.

There are shoppers every where and this cop shoots in a crowded store. How dumb can you get. Advanced training is a must. You should not be a police officer without a 4 year degree in criminology. Just saying.

[gopiscrap]

12. welcome to DU

[3Hotdogs]

7. I am not as sure about this one.... needs more information.

Cops responding to see a second person being seriously assaulted. Deadly weapon involved.

[quaint]

8. "You can't see into the dressing rooms and it just looks like a straight wall of drywall."

14 year old dead because she was trying on clothes. Cop shot the wall. Oh no! Not their fault!

[Withywindle]

11. Suspect was beating a woman with a bike lock and chain

He didn't have a gun though. Why do we pay so much for cops to have armor and helmets and military style gear if they can't mob a guy and overpower him without shooting guns? This sounds like a perfect situation for tasers.

[Sapient Donkey]

13. After seeing the video, I agree 100%

They could have got in between the guy and any civilians, and they could have tasered him, or hit him bean bags, or even tried tackling him.

The way I see it is, that let's say a bunch of firefighters (or any group of people) showed up first for some reason. I'm willing to bet they would have tackled the guy to protect the people. It's as if the police think they only have one tool.

[ripcord]

9. Suspect will now catch a murder charge on top of assault nt

[robbob]

10. Suspect is dead.