The indictment follows a vow from Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon to hold police responsible for unlawful shootings.
The District Attorney’s Office declined Thursday to confirm the indictment against Chavez and Concannon. “We cannot comment on the existence of an indictment,” the office said in a statement., said he could not disclose the employment status of Chavez and Concannon. Instead, he told the Southern California News Group it would have to file a public records request with the city to obtain that information.
Mitchell, 23, was confronted in the parking lot of a Carson Street supermarket in Old Torrance as he sat behind the wheel of a car that had been reported stolen. Between his legs was what appeared to be a firearm, but was actually a modified air rifle, reports said. As officers approached the car, they told Mitchell to keep his hands on the steering wheel, but he instead moved them toward his lap, according to the previous report by prosecutors who cleared police. Officers also told Mitchell to get out of the car, but he refused, the report said.by Concannon’s body-worn camera. Just 12 seconds passed from the time the officer activated his camera as he opened Mitchell’s car door to the time of the first shot.
“Based on Mitchell’s failure to follow the officers’ directions, his continued efforts to conceal the object in his lap, the physical appearance of the object, and the movement of his hands toward the object, it was reasonable for the officers to believe that the object was a firearm and to respond with deadly force,” the report said.
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