The Los Angeles Police Department released a security video of the chase that led up to the fatal police shooting of a black 18-year-old in South L.A. over the weekend, one of two shootings by officers that sparked protests across the city.
The video shows a young man in a blue sweatshirt, who police say is Carnell Snell Jr., running through a strip mall and behind parked vehicles holding what appears to be a gun in his left hand.
The young man then crouches and appears to tuck the handgun into his sweatpants before running away from the camera. Moments later, a police officer is seen running in Snell’s direction.
Police Chief Charlie Beck told The Times that he and Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke at length about the issue and decided to release the video to correct what the chief described as competing accounts about Saturday’s shooting.
