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| Crowd gathers in LA after person killed in officer-involved shooting identified as 'teen' | |
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| At least one person was killed and another injured in an officer-involved shooting following a car chase in South Los Angeles. Relatives said the victim was a teenager. | |
| One person has died after a shooting involving Los Angeles police officers, KABC local news reports citing authorities. | |
| The fatality was reported in the area of 107th Street and Western Avenue, where earlier in the day officers ended a vehicle pursuit that began at about 1:00pm. | |
| According to the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section, at some point during the chase for the subject, an officer-involved shooting took place. | According to the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section, at some point during the chase for the subject, an officer-involved shooting took place. |
| The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed that a person had died in the shooting and a gun was recovered at the scene, but did not say what led to it. | |
| "The officers gave chase, a foot pursuit, and went eastbound at some point on 107th Street to the rear of a residence," said Sgt. Barry Montgomery. | |
| "It was at that time that the officer-involved shooting occurred. The officers summoned paramedics who responded to scene, and unfortunately the suspect succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene." | |
| The person killed was identified as Carnell Snell Jr; relatives told local media he was 18 years old. | |
| "He was just at my house, and we got a phone call that said the police shot him five times in the back," Monique Morgan, Snell's mother, told KABC. | |
| Residents and members of the Black Lives Matter movement came to the parking lot of a strip mall where police were investigating the incident. The crowds were shouting at police and photographers, local media reported. | |
| "The community is traumatized. Immediately traumatized because it happened in this community. So you've got to have a controlled vent - the people have to vent," activist General Jeff said as quoted by KABC. | |
| Witnesses also told KTLA Snell was running away with his hands in the air when he was shot. | |
| "This is a 18-year-old boy, this is somebody's son, this is somebody's friend, this is somebody's brother and you killed him. I don't care what your story is. I believe the community; I don't believe the lying police," said Melina Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter activist, told KTLA. | |
| The protesters marched throughout the night. Police are still probing the incident. |