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Double amputee shot dead by California cops while trying to escape
California cops fatally shot a double amputee on Thursday as he tried to evade arrest by getting out of his wheelchair and hopping away, based on reviews.
Officers fired roughly 10 rounds at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father of two whose household stated he misplaced his legs in one other encounter with police in Texas.
The Huntington Park Police Division stated officers had been referred to as to the scene after Lowe stabbed somebody with out provocation.
After leaping out of his wheelchair, Lowe hopped down the road away from police, who initially tried to tase him.
One other police automotive arrived as Lowe — who was carrying a butcher’s knife — continued to flee.
A police officer who bought out of the backup cruiser opened fireplace on Lowe, who slumped over on his abdomen and was handcuffed.
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He died on the scene.
The division stated the officer fired at Lowe as a result of he was afraid that the suspect was going to throw the knife at him, based on reviews.
“The suspect was tased not less than twice by Huntington Park Officers however the deployment of the taser was ineffective,” based on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Workplace. “The suspect tried to throw the butcher knife on the officers once more, at which era an officer-involved capturing occurred.”
Lowe’s members of the family are questioning using drive given his bodily limitations.
“They murdered my son, in a wheelchair with no legs,” stated his mom, Dorothy Lowe, at a Sunday press convention. “They do must do one thing about it.”
The household informed the Los Angeles Instances that he had his legs amputated after a previous confrontation with police, however didn’t supply particulars.
Huntington Park cops don’t put on bodycams, and officers stated they don’t but intend to launch extra footage of the incident from close by surveillance cameras.