Family Outraged Police May Have Killed Wrong Man

[The Straight Story]

Family members of a man shot and killed by Downey police continued to express outrage Monday over the possibility that police may have shot the wrong man.

The shooting happened Saturday night after officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at an ATM near Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard. The arriving officers spotted 31-year-old Michael Nida and thought he matched a description of one of the suspects.

A Downey officer ordered Nida to sit on the ground but did not search Nida for a weapon. Police say Nida got up and tried to run away.

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A second set of officers encountered Nida a short time later and again ordered him to the ground. Officers again failed to search Nida for a weapon. Investigators say he got back up and started running again, and that's when at least one officer opened fire.

"He was not armed. He had no outstanding warrants. He was not on probation," Nida's sister Terri Teramura said.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Family-Outraged-Police-May-Have-Killed-Wrong-Man-132501498.html

[madokie]

1. Outrage

charge the bastids with murder one.

[Fumesucker]

2. With luck they'll lose a little vacation time..

The BART cop that shot the handcuffed guy in the back is already out of prison..