LAPD tells its version of fatal shooting of homeless man

The Los Angeles Police Department says a homeless man killed by an officer on Sunday afternoon resisted arrest and "struggled over one of the officer's handguns" before he was shot.

See also: Facebook video shows LAPD shooting of homeless man during street scuffle

The LAPD's statement on the shooting, portions of which were tweeted on the official LAPD Headquarters-Media Relations & Community Affairs account @LAPDHQ, came after a Facebook video of the shooting was widely shared on social media. By Monday morning, the video had more than 5 million views.

In footage posted by Anthony Blackburn, who witnessed the incident, a group of police officers can be seen in a scuffle with two people near what appears to be tents and sleeping pallets on the sidewalk in the city's Skid Row neighborhood. Read more...

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