Los Angeles, CA - The family of a woman fatally shot by Los Angeles police last year released video of the deadly encounter Wednesday as they called for prosecutors to criminally charge the officers who opened fire. The events leading up to the Sept. 27 shooting began when two LAPD officers went to East 22nd and South San Pedro streets near downtown Los Angeles, where a woman with a knife had been reported, police said. The video, taken from a nearby security camera, shows officers getting out of their police SUV and drawing their guns as a woman identified as Norma Guzman walks down the sidewalk. One officer stands behind a parked car and points his gun at Guzman, who continues to walk toward him. When Guzman reaches the other side of the car, police fire. Guzman collapses on the sidewalk. The shooting happened about 10 seconds after the first officer exited the car, according to the time-stamped footage, which had no sound.According to the LAPD, when the officers arrived, they spotted Guzman walking toward them with the knife. One officer “repeatedly ordered her to drop the knife,” but she kept moving toward them, prompting the officers to open fire, police said. Embed CodeSwitch Player Plays: 15149 (Embed: 0) Item InfoLinks Added: 5 hours ago By: JThom image: http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/premium_star_icon.gif In: Other News, WTF Tags: los angeles, lapd, fatal shooting, death, video, cctv, use of force, norma guzman, knife, mlm Location: Los Angeles, California, United States (load item map) Marked as: featured Views: 22248 | Comments: 538 | Votes: 12 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 100 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3 3 1 1 111 Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8b9_1459982726#ML1kEERxPB5UqE2M.99

• published: 07 Apr 2016
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