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Skid Row shooting: dead man named as Charly Keundeu Keunang
Source: Associated Press
Skid Row shooting: dead man named as Charly Keundeu Keunang
Associated Press in Los Angeles
Friday 6 March 2015 07.10 GMT
A homeless man who was shot and killed by police during a confrontation over the weekend has been identified under his true name – not the stolen identity he had used for years.
Charly Keundeu Keunang, 43, identified on Thursday, was listed as being indigent and homeless, and he died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Los Angeles county coroner’s office.
Keunang, originally from Cameroon, was known on the streets as Africa. He was killed on Sunday by police officers answering a robbery report. Officers said he became combative, made a grab for the gun of a rookie policeman and was shot by three other officers.
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Keunang’s path to Skid Row was marked by mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years.
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Associated Press in Los Angeles
Friday 6 March 2015 07.10 GMT
A homeless man who was shot and killed by police during a confrontation over the weekend has been identified under his true name – not the stolen identity he had used for years.
Charly Keundeu Keunang, 43, identified on Thursday, was listed as being indigent and homeless, and he died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Los Angeles county coroner’s office.
Keunang, originally from Cameroon, was known on the streets as Africa. He was killed on Sunday by police officers answering a robbery report. Officers said he became combative, made a grab for the gun of a rookie policeman and was shot by three other officers.
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Keunang’s path to Skid Row was marked by mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/06/skid-row-shooting-dead-man-named-as-charly-keundeu-keunang