洛杉矶警察局周末公布了引人注目的人体摄像机和监控录像,显示两名警察本月回应了一个家庭暴力电话其中一人开枪致命当局称,一名19岁的男子从家中出现,挥舞着一支气枪。
事件发生在9月17日,洛杉矶东南部的佛蒙特维斯塔社区。
LAPD发言人凯利·穆尼斯上尉在一份视频声明中说,“我们仍处于调查的早期阶段,调查可能需要长达一年的时间才能完成,”该视频声明伴随着枪击镜头。
警方称,枪手嫌疑人被确认为路易斯·埃雷拉,他早些时候曾两次拨打911,要求警方派人到他家,并抱怨他的父亲据称喝醉了并殴打他的母亲。
LAPD公布的一段电话录音显示,据称Herrera对911调度员说:“我试图介入,但现在他开始攻击我。”
据穆尼斯说,两名警察在下午1点20分左右到达了他的家。
根据人体摄像视频,当一名警察走近前廊时,Herrera据称从家中出现,挥舞着似乎是黑色突击步枪的东西。
警察立即躲在房子旁边,命令该男子放下武器。
An LAPD officer seen in a body-camera video responding to what officials said was a domestic violence call on Sept. 17, 2022, and fatally shooting a man who emerged from the house wielding what appeared to be an assault rifle, but later was determined to be an airsoft rifle.
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“然而,他没有遵守警官的命令,扛着步枪,直接指向警官,导致了警官参与的枪击事件,”穆尼斯在人体摄像机视频的叙述中说。
视频显示,当家庭成员走出房子时,警察立即呼叫支援,并命令他们回到屋里。
“那是我的儿子,”视频中可以听到一名妇女尖叫,受了致命伤的Herrera躺在他家外面的地上,手里还抓着步枪。
据视频显示,Herrera的父亲一度出现在家中,并告诉警方这把枪是一把发射塑料弹的气枪。
视频显示,枪击事件发生后,警察在Herrera身后站了几分钟,命令他放下枪,因为他似乎还在继续移动。当局称,洛杉矶消防队护理人员最终宣布Herrera当场死亡。
开枪打死埃雷拉的警察被确认为路易斯·纳瓦雷特,他已经被行政停职,等待调查结果。
一旦完成,调查预计将由洛杉矶警察局长米歇尔·摩尔(Michel Moore)、洛杉矶警察局长委员会和监察长办公室进行审查,以确定纳瓦雷特使用致命武力是否符合LAPD的政策和程序。
穆尼斯说,调查人员正在收集和分析更多的证据,并补充说,根据审查,“对事件的理解可能会改变”。
穆尼斯说:“在了解所有事实和调查完成之前,我们也不会对警察的行为是否符合我们的政策和法律做出任何结论。”。
Video released of Los Angeles police officers fatally shooting man armed with airsoft rifle
The Los Angeles Police Department released dramatic body-camera and surveillance footage over the weekend showing two officers responding to a domestic violence call this month andone of them fatally shootinga 19-year-old man who emerged from a home wielding what turned out to be an airsoft rifle, authorities said.
The incident occurred on Sept. 17 in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of southeast Los Angeles.
"We are still at the very early stages of this investigation, which can often take up to a year to complete," Capt. Kelly Muniz, a spokesperson for the LAPD, said in a video statement that accompanied the footage of the shooting.
The suspected gunman was identified as Luis Herrera, who had earlier called 911 twice requesting police be sent to his house and complaining that his father was allegedly drunk and beating his mother, police said.
"I tried to get involved and now he is attacking me," Herrera allegedly told the 911 dispatcher, according to a recording of the call also released by the LAPD.
Two officers arrived at the home at about 1:20 p.m., according to Muniz.
As one of the officers approached the front porch, Herrera allegedly emerged from the home wielding what appeared to be a black assault rifle, according to the body-camera video.
The officers immediately took cover at the side of the home, ordering the man to put down the weapon.
"However, he did not comply with officers commands and shouldered the rifle and pointed directly at the officers resulting in an officer-involved shooting," Muniz said in a narration of the body-camera video.
Police immediately called for backup as family members came out of the house and the officers ordered them to get back inside, according to the video.
"That's my son," a woman is heard screaming on the video as the mortally wounded Herrera laid on the ground outside his home, still clutching the rifle in his hands.
At one point, Herrera's father emerged from the home and told police the gun was an airsoft rifle that fires plastic projectiles, according to the video.
Following the shooting, the video showed police officers standing back from Herrera for several minutes, ordering him to let go of the gun as he appeared to continue moving, the video shows. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics eventually pronounced Herrera dead at the scene, authorities said.
The officer who fatally shot Herrera was identified as Luis Navarrete, who has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Once completed, the investigation is expected to be reviewed by Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore, the city's Board of Police Commissioners and the Office of Inspector General to determine if Navarrete's use of deadly force complied with the LAPD's policies and procedures.
Muniz said investigators are collecting and analyzing additional evidence and added that an "understanding of the incident may change" depending on the review.
"We also do not draw any conclusions about whether the officers acted consistent with our policies and the law until all the facts are known and the investigation is complete," Muniz said.