LA police shoot dead man wearing body armor in Hollywood

A body covered in a white sheet lies next to a black vehicle covered with stickers and a shattered driver side window, as police cars block traffic at the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on April 24, 2021 in what appears to be an officer-involved shooting. – On the evening of the shooting the LAPD official twitter account read: There has been an Officer-Involved Shooting on Sunset Blvd. near Fairfax in Hollywood Division. Around 2:35 p.m. officers were heading to a radio call with their lights and sirens on when a car pulled in front of them, stopped suddenly and reversed into the police car. The driver of the car exited, was wearing body armor, and had his right hand concealed behind him. He moved toward the officers who had exited their patrol car. He counted “3, 2, 1” and began to move his arm to the front of his body, at which time there was an officer involved shooting. The man was struck by gunfire and pronounced deceased at scene. Force Investigation Division detectives are on scene conducting interviews and gathering evidence. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)