Ezell Ford, 25, shot dead by LAPD
[From article]
The shooting occurred about 8:20 p.m. Monday after an officer conducted "an investigative stop" in the 200 block of West 65th Street, according to an LAPD news release. During the stop, a "struggle ensued" and the officer shot the person, whom police did not identify.
Family members identified the man as 24-year-old Ezell Ford, who they described as "mentally challenged." His mother, Tritobia Ford, told KTLA her son was complying with officers' orders, and that the shooting was unjustified.
Her son, she said, was lying on the ground Monday night when he was shot in the back. He later died at an area hospital.
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There have been at least 303 people killed in officer-involved shootings since 2007, according to The Times' Homicide Report database.
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81071853/
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