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A paparazzo has been killed after being hit by a car while taking photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari on a Los Angeles street. Pop star Justin Bieber says his thoughts and prayers are with the family of a paparazzo who was fatally struck by a car after taking pictures of the singer's white Ferrari sports car in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Los Angeles police officer James Stoughton said the photographer, who has not been named, died in hospital shortly after the crash on Tuesday evening. Stoughton said Bieber was not in the Ferrari at the time. Beiber's comment came in a statement released on Wednesday by Island Def Jam Music Group.
The sports car was parked on the side of Sepulveda Boulevard near Getty Center Drive after a traffic stop. The photographer was struck as he walked across the boulevard after taking pictures. Police said Bieber was not in the Ferrari at the time of the accident and that a friend of the 18-year-old was driving when the car was pulled over for a traffic stop on the side of Sepulveda Boulevard near Getty Center Drive. The photographer was hit by a car after taking photographs of the Ferrari.
Stoughton said no charges were likely to be filed against the motorist who hit the man. Los Angeles police officer James Stoughton said the photographer, who has not been named, died in hospital shortly after the crash. No charges are likely to be filed against the motorist.
A call to a spokesperson for the singer was not immediately returned on Tuesday night.