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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Former LA sheriff’s deputy gets 30 days in jail for 2019 killing of Ryan Twyman

A Black woman lays her cheek on the right shoulder of a Black man wearing sunglasses, him tipping his head toward her and both smiling contentedly.
Ryan Twyman. Photograph: Courtesy the Twyman family

A former Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed 24-year-old man in his car in 2019 was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Friday.

Andrew Lyons, one of two deputies who fired a barrage of bullets at Ryan Twyman in a parking lot in south Los Angeles, pleaded no contest to assault with a firearm and assault under color of authority, said the district attorney, George Gascón.

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