Officers fired roughly 10 rounds at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father of two whose family said lost his legs in another encounter with police in Texas.
After leaping out of his wheelchair, Lowe Jr. hopped down the street away from police, who initially tried to tase him.WaFlo998/TwitterThe Huntington Park Police Department said it was called to the scene after Lowe stabbed someone without provocation.The department said the officer fired at Lowe because he was afraid that the suspect was going to throw the knife at him, according to reports.
“The suspect was tased at least twice by Huntington Park Officers but the deployment of the taser was ineffective,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. “The suspect attempted to throw the butcher knife at the officers again, at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred.”“They murdered my son, in a wheelchair with no legs,” said his mother, Dorothy Lowe, at a Sunday press conference. “They do need to do something about it.
Family and friends of Anthony Lowe Jr. hold a news conference to demand an investigation into his death on Jan. 30.that he had his legs amputated after a prior confrontation with police, but did not offer details. Huntington Park cops do not wear bodycams, and officials said they don’t yet intend to release additional footage of the incident from nearby surveillance cameras.
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