SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) The family of a man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff s deputies last summer is seeking $35 million in damages from the county.
Dijon Kizzee, 29, was killed Aug. 31 in South Los Angeles after two deputies tried to stop him for riding a bicycle in the wrong direction. He dropped the bike and ran away, carrying a bundle of clothing that authorities say contained a firearm.
The deputies told investigators they didn t know there was a gun in the clothes and they fired at Kizzee after he picked up the handgun when it fell out during a struggle with one of them. A video showed him stooping down, but a wall blocked a full view. No weapon could be seen in the video, although authorities found a gun at the scene.
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Two LA sheriff s deputies who were involved in fatal shooting of 18-year-old outside auto shop are suspended over unrelated car crash eight months ago
The two Los Angeles County sheriff s deputies involved in the fatal June shooting of 18-year-old Andres Guardado have been suspended
Sheriff Alex Villanueva ordered Miguel Vega and Chris Hernandez relieved of duty over unrelated car crash that took place two months before shooting
According to California Highway Patrol, Vega was behind the wheel of patrol car with a man in the backseat while he pursued a bicyclist who had a gun
During the April 13 pursuit, the patrol car accelerated before crashing into wall. CHP investigators said Vega and man gave conflicting statements
A year ago this month, two teenagers were killed when a classmate opened fire on the campus of Saugus High School, the families of those students are now suing the school district for negligence, saying security measures were not in place at the time of the shooting. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.
now the sheriff is going to do a spanish interview with captain kent wegener. dana: we been watching the press conference in santa clarita, california, several of the school officialst some details as we have them and now they re going to do that in spanish. we will take this moment here to go back to our guests, still waiting on an update from the hospital and as soon as we have that, we will bring that to you. in the meantime, bob strang is still with us, a former cochair, and also fill up philip holloway, former district attorney district attorney. you said you were listening to that and you had some additional questions. that was an informative press conference, this is going to be the subject of the investigation, some of the questions i got is have there been any prior dealings with law enforcement this year? have they encountered him in a criminal context or otherwise? what kind of .45 caliber weapon was at? how many rounds were in their?