A video has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers in the city’s Skid Row area.<\/p>\n
As the police try to subdue him, a voice is heard shouting “Drop the gun!” Seconds later, five gunshots ring out.<\/p>\n
Police are yet to confirm whether the man was armed.<\/p>\n
The incident took place in Los Angeles’s notorious Skid Row district, which has a large homeless population.<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Sgt Barry Montgomery told the LA Times that officers had been responding to reports of a robbery in the area.<\/p>\n
He declined to say how many officers were involved in the incident but confirmed that none had been injured. He did not identify the dead man.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Alastair Leithead in LA says it is unclear from the video what exactly happened, but police would be allowed to use deadly force if the man had a weapon.<\/p>\n
Last year, highly publicised killings of black men sparked weeks of protests in the US.<\/p>\n
The shooting dead of Michael Brown – an unarmed black 18-year-old – by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, last August sparked protests across the US.<\/p>\n
Tensions were further inflamed in January when police in New Jersey were caught on camera shooting dead a black man as he stepped out of a car with his hands raised.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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