Reaction Mounts To Fatal Los Angeles Police Shooting Of 13-Year-Old [View All]

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Updated: February 9th, 2005 11:01:29 AM

Reaction Mounts To Fatal Los Angeles Police Shooting Of 13-Year-Old

GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Angry residents and community leaders in South Los Angeles questioned why police shot a 13-year-old boy suspected of stealing a car.

Police fired 10 rounds into a car driven by Devin Brown, who was unarmed, after he led them on a 3 1/2-mile chase and then backed into their cruiser early Sunday.

The boy, an eighth-grader at a magnet school for gifted youth, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 14-year-old passenger was arrested and booked on charges of grand auto theft.

"I know he was wrong for stealing a car, but what I really don't understand is the police have had so much training,'' said Carmen Dorsey, 38, a church youth leader who visited a memorial Monday honoring Brown.


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