Video captures fatal police shooting of homeless man in Los Angeles
A video has captured the moment three US police officers shot dead a homeless man during a scuffle in the Skid Row area of central Los Angeles.
The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers.
Police say that three officers opened fire after the man tried to grab a gun from an officer.
Witnesses said the dead man was known as Africa and had been homeless after treatment for mental illness.
Alastair Leithead reports from Los Angeles.
02 Mar 2015
- From the section US & Canada