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Title: 18-year-old man shot and killed by Los Angeles police
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FoxNews
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/0 ... led-by-los-angeles-police.html
Published: Oct 2, 2016
Author: AP
Post Date: 2016-10-03 09:25:58 by misterwhite
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Views: 1811
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LOS ANGELES – Officers shot and killed an 18-year-old man in south Los Angeles at the end of a car chase, sparking a protest by several dozen people angered by another fatal police shooting of a black man.
The Los Angeles County coroner's office identified him Sunday as Carnell Snell Jr. of Los Angeles.
The pursuit began around 1 p.m. Saturday when officers tried to pull over a car with paper plates, suspecting the vehicle may have been stolen, and the driver refused to stop, Los Angeles Police Sgt. Barry Montgomery said. The driver and passenger jumped out and police ran after them.
The passenger ran into the back of a house, where he was shot. The driver escaped.
Early Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that it found a handgun at the scene of the shooting. The department did not provide any more information about the gun.
He died on the same street where he lived.
Trenell Snell, 17, said she was outside with friends when she saw her older brother running from police. She said she started running too, and hit the ground when she heard four gunshots. When she got up, her brother was on the ground, handcuffed, she said.
"At the end of the day, the cops came and shot my brother," she told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/2dhp96Q). "Killed my brother."
Snell was the third black man in five days to die in confrontations with police in Southern California. Last Tuesday, Alfred Olango was fatally shot by an officer in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, triggering three days of angry and sometimes violent protests. Olango was shot when he took a "shooting stance" and pointed at an officer with what turned out to be a 4-inch vape pen — an electronic cigarette device.
On Friday, Reginald Thomas died after being shot with a Taser by police in Pasadena. He was armed with a knife and his wife described him as mentally ill. His brother told a 911 dispatcher that Thomas was high and had a history of violence.
The fatal shooting of Snell immediately prompted a small protest that grew to several dozen people. Protesters blocked an intersection near the house Saturday night and wrote Snell's name on the road in chalk.
Some people waved signs that read "Black Lives Matter," and others shouted at officers standing behind yellow police tape and wearing riot helmets.
Snell's mother, Monique Morgan, appeared at the protest.
"He was just at my house, and we got a phone call that said the police shot him five times in the back," she said.
Police have not said how many times Snell was shot or where.
Tia Gonzalez, 36, told the Times that she came to the scene because she knew the community was "going to be hurting." She criticized shootings by police, saying officers should be better trained to avoid killing people.
"A police officer should not be the judge, the jury and the executioner," she said.
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"At the end of the day, the cops came and shot my brother," she told the Los Angeles Times"
Hmmm. No. It was the middle of the day. When you wake up.
#2. To: All (#0) (Edited)
Carnell Snell was shot. His sister is Trenell Snell. And there was no comment from his father, Injail Snell.
By the way, his mother is Monique Morgan. So I think we can begin to see the problem with this family.
#3. To: misterwhite (#0) (Edited)
… found a handgun at the scene of the shooting.
I am shocked, I tell you….
I am terribly SHOCKED!
#4. To: misterwhite (#0)
Saturday fatal shooting followed short pursuitThe earlier weekend shooting, which has prompted protests, occurred about 28 hours earlier.
Just before 1 p.m. Saturday, Metropolitan Division officers spotted a light-blue Nissan Altima with paper license plates that indicated an incorrect model year, Beck said.
Officers suspected the vehicle, which had at least two people inside, was stolen. They saw a man in the rear seat look in their direction and then duck down, as if to hide, Beck said.
They followed the car, which slowed. Two men ran from the vehicle, according to an LAPD news release.
The man in the back of the car jumped out "holding his waistband as if he was supporting something," Beck said.
On foot, the officers chased the man, later identified as 18-year-old Carnell Snell Jr., some 200 to 300 yards, Beck said.
As the officers ran after Snell, they saw him take a handgun from his waistband and hold it in his left hand, according to Beck.
Snell entered the driveway of a home in the 1700 block of 107th Street -- in the Gramercy Park area.
"While holding the handgun in his left hand, he turned in the direction of pursuing officers, at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred," Beck said. "A total of six rounds were fired and Cornell Snell was sent to the pavement."
Paramedics declared the man dead at the scene of the shooting. Snell did not fire, Beck said, and the officers were not injured.
Preliminary indications are that he was shot twice: once in the chest and once in the knee, Beck said.
A semiautomatic, fully loaded 40mm handgun with one round in the chamber was found within 5 feet of Snell's body, Beck said.
The officers were not wearing body cameras, as their division has not been equipped with them, Beck said. Nor was in-car video recorded, he said.
But a nearby business did capture video that shows Snell had a handgun, the chief said.
Snell's mother, Monique Morgan, was visibly distraught as she told reporters her son was shot five times.
"My daughter got a phone call," she said as she wept. "It said that the police shot him."
#5. To: nolu chan (#4) (Edited)
"Snell's mother, Monique Morgan, was visibly distraught as she told reporters her son was shot five times."
Originally she was quoted as saying he was shot five times in the back. Turns out it was one in the chest and one in the knee. Lying bitch.
#6. To: All (#0)
Wait! What's that in his left hand? A banana?
#7. To: misterwhite (#6)
Nope, that nigger has a gun.
#8. To: Abcdefg (#7)
"Nope, that nigger has a gun."
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