Inglewood officers who thought they were under fire fatally shoot passenger, wound driver
By Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
4:58 PM PDT, May 11, 2008
Believing they were under fire, two Inglewood police officers this morning shot and killed a passenger in an approaching car and wounded the driver, but no weapons were found on the men and no one has been charged, authorities said.
The officers were in their patrol car near Crenshaw Boulevard and 8th Avenue about 1:40 a.m. when they heard gunfire and spotted a man running from a parking lot, said Inglewood Police Sgt. Hector Ramirez.
The man jumped into a slow-moving car in the 3000 block of Manchester Boulevard, where the officers heard more shots and felt something hit their cruiser, Ramirez said.
The officers then got out and fired several shots as the vehicle came toward them, according to police. A third man in the car was not injured, and was questioned and released, police said.
Police Sgt. Dennis Brown said the patrol car had not been hit by gunfire.
By Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
4:58 PM PDT, May 11, 2008
Believing they were under fire, two Inglewood police officers this morning shot and killed a passenger in an approaching car and wounded the driver, but no weapons were found on the men and no one has been charged, authorities said.
The officers were in their patrol car near Crenshaw Boulevard and 8th Avenue about 1:40 a.m. when they heard gunfire and spotted a man running from a parking lot, said Inglewood Police Sgt. Hector Ramirez.
The man jumped into a slow-moving car in the 3000 block of Manchester Boulevard, where the officers heard more shots and felt something hit their cruiser, Ramirez said.
The officers then got out and fired several shots as the vehicle came toward them, according to police. A third man in the car was not injured, and was questioned and released, police said.
Police Sgt. Dennis Brown said the patrol car had not been hit by gunfire.
