Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said footage from body cameras worn by a LAPD officer and a sergeant involved in Sunday's deadly shooting of a homeless man on skid row gives investigators a "unique perspective" of the incident but said it can't be released because of the ongoing probe.
The chief said he has reviewed the body camera recordings but declined to comment on what he saw.
"At the end of the investigation into this officer-involved shooting ... we will release the complete investigation through the inspector general's office," Beck said during a Monday news conference. "If there is a criminal proceeding in this or if there's a civil proceeding in this, we will make all evidence available through those proceedings."
The LAPD has said the officers were responding to a 911 call about a robbery and that the man tried to fight the officers after they approached him. During the struggle, the LAPD said, the man reached for a probationary officer's holstered pistol, prompting police to open fire.
The name of the man has not been released by authorities, but other skid row residents who knew him said he went by the name "Africa." Coroner's officials said he was 39.
Law enforcement sources said the body camera footage supported the events depicted in video captured by a bystander at Sunday's shooting, which drew millions of views after it was posted on Facebook. An enhanced version of that video reviewed by The Times showed the man's arm reaching toward an officer's waistband.
The officer and sergeant involved in Sunday's shooting were wearing the cameras as part of a department pilot program for the devices.
The sources said one of the body camera recordings captured the start of the incident, when officers initially approached the man's tent. One source said the man is seen running inside the tent, at which point the officers tell him they needed to see his hands and ordered him out of the tent.
At one point, the source said, the man began running toward the officers, swatting his arms. He can also be seen on the footage spinning around, the source said.
One source said an officer can be heard on the body camera video shouting "he's got my gun" multiple times. The footage then shows the officers pulling away from the man as if his actions posed a threat, the sources said.
Beck showed a still image from the bystander video to reporters, saying it showed the man's hand near the officer's waist where he carried his holster. Beck said initial information indicated the man "forcibly grabbed" the officer's holstered pistol.
The LAPD is poised to become the largest law enforcement agency in the country to use body cameras, after Mayor Eric Garcetti announced last year that the city would purchase 7,000 cameras. Although the policy for the devices and access to their footage is being finalized, Beck has said the department does not want to publicly release the recordings unless it's required for a court proceeding.
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