In the American city of Huntington Beach, California, police officers killed a man man. It is reported by the publication Los Angeles Times.
The incident occurred on Saturday, September 25, near the venue of U.S. Open of Surfing is the largest surfing competitions in the world. Although the event has already ended, hundreds of people remained on the beach.
Police arrived at the beach after messages about a suspicious man with a weapon. According to the police, the suspect refused to obey their requirements. After that, it was shot several times in it from a distance of about one and a half meters. The man was taken to the hospital, where he died from the wound gained. At the scene was found a pistol.
The name and age of the deceased are not communicated. The Orange County Register newspaper claims that it was a man of Latin American origin.
Local Black Lives Matter movement activists called upon to attract police responsibility. The investigation of the occurrence will be engaged in the Sheriff County Department.
In April, it was reported that a policeman in Maryland shot a teenager with airsoft pistol. The policeman arrived in place told that the man was armed with something resembling a knife and a gun, had resistance and was shot. It was later established that the “suspicious man” was only 16 years old, and his weapon turned out to be unreal.