Girl, 14, killed by LA police in clothing store shooting

Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was in a clothing store dressing room Thursday when officers fired on an assault suspect and a bullet went through the wall and struck the girl, authorities said.
Police also fatally shot the suspect Thursday morning at a Burlington store in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley, police said.
Witnesses told KCBS-TV that a man began acting erratically, threatening to throw items from the upper floor, and attacked a woman with a bicycle lock shortly before noon as the store was crowded with holiday shoppers.
Officers answered a report of an assault and others of shots being fired, police said. Investigators have not found a gun at the scene.
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/girl-14-killed-la-police-clothing-store-shooting-81927630

Wow. Another officer-involved shooting?

At first glance, I am sure the Cop's Defenders are looking at this as a "tragic accident".

However, no gun was recovered from the scene (as of yet).

Why were the Cops shooting if the Perp didn't have a gun?

I am sure more facts will emerge...
Still, this Innocent Child's Death (near the Xmas Holiday) is yet another tragedy brought on by Trigger-Happy Cops.

Does anybody think that this cop will even be charged?

 

Nother million dollar settlements are all the cops will acknowledge for the city that employs them.

 

Is anyone surprised that someone can be killed when things like this happen? Would this have made the news if the criminal had shot the girl? Answer: No.

The media looks for stories like this so they can frame it in a way that it will get views. Just like the many heavily edited videos used in the past to stir up claims of racism.

Ok, so an innocent bystander was killed while the cops were going after a criminal.....welcome to the real world. It happens.

 

an innocent bystander was killed while the cops were going after a criminal.....welcome to the real world. It happens.
That is still a crime for everyone else.

 

I love how it’s the cops fault in the eyes of the liberal and not the maniac beating people with a bicycle lock.

 

It is a crime for anyone who is not law enforcement. When a person's job is carrying a gun to enforce the law there should be an exception made.

Do you expect taxi drivers to have zero accidents?

 

He had a bicycle lock so he was actually armed and shooting him was justified. It had unfortunate collateral consequences so now we put the racist cop on trial and publicly stone him to appease the mob.

 

Bad analogy. We expect them to pay when they do.

 

I am not so sure on this. Shooting in a public area should be the absolute last resort. A stun gun, mace, even risking a few bruises removing a non-lethal object from the perpetrator all seem to be better options.

 

Because the black dnc members are violent criminals

 

Interesting point. Many on this forum have argued that the Jan 6th seditionists were not armed but that's for another thread.

IMO, this OP situation is messed up especially for the dead child. Bad things happen but deadly force should not be the first choice in many situations. Police are the only people in the criminal justice chain that can be judge, jury and executioner, that's a responsibility that can't be taken lightly. I am sure the policeman will have nightmares about this avoidable mistake. Training models need to change to try to bring more people to justice in a court and jail.

 

No you don't.

 

Will be interesting to read the real, full story. For what I read, who knows if the story is true or not, the perp beat a woman with a bicycle lock. To me, swinging a heavy lock at the end of a cable should be considered a deadly weapon. Will be interesting when we find out the race of the girl. If she’s black………then the racist cops need to be charged with murder one. Or at least the liberal msm will paint it that way

 

Agreed, we need the full story. Unfortunately, law enforcement will often make us go through the full extent of a judicial system to get that truth. This is why it should be a requirement for body cams.

 

Way to jump on a story that is still unfolding and make your copy hating assumptions!

 

Sure and the media should be required to tell the whole story also.

The media creates stories based on real events but the truth is usually so heavily edited that the truth gets lost. The media only wants to create a narrative that gets views. They are not interested in actually informing the public.

The media narrative is usually created to get the left wing Karens all worked up so the story will go viral on social media.

 

All your complaints are targeted in the wrong direction. The media is surviving in a capitalist society, they only report or print what people want to see. People want to hear things that confirm their biases, and it takes a high level of maturity to rise above this. If everyone started replacing partisan words like "left wing" with "fellow Americans" they could see their own biases.

 

Nah, the people want to see the truth. The media delivers fiction.

 

I hope he/she isn't charged. The man assaulting the woman is at fault.

 

No it isn't. Often the murder is assigned to the criminal who instigated the incident even though the criminal may not have pulled the trigger.

 

Yet another Trigger-Happy Cop brings tragedy to a Family (right before Xmas) by KILLING an Innocent Child.
A day after another MURDEROUS Cop was convicted for Killing someone in Cold Blood because they can't tell the difference between a Gun and a Taser, we have this.

Will Cops ever learn?

 

When a person's job is carrying a gun to enforce the law there should be an exception made.
So the state/nation/city can kill without legal consequence. Your post is noted

 

What are you talking about ?

 

Great post, mdr.
You beat me to it.

 

AJ, this was a tragic accident. The cops didn’t wake up and plan to shoot everyone on a street corner like they’re doing in Chicago, LA, Detroit, St Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans and other liberal stomping grounds. This kid would still be alive if a criminal didn’t set off an unfortunate chain of events.

It’s odd how stories like this get the attention of certain people while other stories like the one below are ignored.


Baltimore officer dies days after being shot in patrol car





https://nypost.com/2021/12/24/balti...ley-dies-days-after-being-shot-in-patrol-car/