The shooting of 35-year-old Oscar Sanchez came in early 2023 amid a string of other fatal police encounters with men of color suffering mental health episodes.
The shooting of 35-year-old Oscar Sanchez came in early 2023 amid a string of other fatal police encounters with men of color suffering mental health episodes.
Los Angeles Police Department officials this week released the names of two officers who fired their weapons in a shooting that killed a knife-wielding man at a supportive housing facility on Skid Row. One of the officers was involved in another fatal shooting at the beginning of the year.
LAPD claims Oscar Leon Sanchez approached them with a sharp object. The family say in a lawsuit that he was having a mental breakdown and thought he was being robbed.