LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore on Tuesday denied an allegation made by the mother of a police officer that her son was beaten during a fatal training exercise last month.
Officer Houston Tipping, 32, died after suffering a spinal cord injury while he was training with other officers last month at the police academy in Elysian Park. Moore, other police leaders and Mayor Eric Garcetti attended a large funeral for Tipping last week.
Police described Tippings’ injury and death as the result of a tragic accident that occurred while Tipping was in a “grappling” exercise with another officer.
