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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

Bodycam footage shows Los Angeles police fatally shooting teen holding a toy airsoft gun outside his home

Los Angeles Police Department/YouTube

Disturbing new bodycam footage from the Los Angeles Police Department shows the moment a teenager was shot and killed by an officer after he allegedly brandished a toy gun during a domestic abuse call.

Luis Herrera, 19, was killed on 17 September when officers from the LAPD arrived at his family’s southeast Los Angeles home after receiving 911 calls from the young man complaining that his father was allegedly drunk and abusing his mother, police said.

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