The Latest: LAPD finds handgun at scene of fatal shooting

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12. UPDATE.

http://ktla.com/2016/10/03/lapd-officers-involved-in-pair-of-fatal-shootings-in-south-l-a-over-the-weekend/

In South L.A. Police Shootings, 1 Man Had Replica Firearm, Other Had Loaded Handgun: Beck

Posted 7:53 AM, October 3, 2016, by Anthony Kurzweil, Jennifer Gould and Melissa Pamer, Updated at 12:54pm, October 3, 2016

Both men fatally shot in by Los Angeles police officers over the weekend bore handguns -- one of them fully loaded and the other a replica firearm with its orange tip colored black -- according to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

The circumstances of both killings were caught on video, he said.

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Guns found at the scene of two fatal police shootings are shown on posters displayed at an Oct. 3, 2016, LAPD news conference. The replica gun is at left; the loaded one at right, according to police. (Credit: KTLA)

Beck spoke at an 11 a.m. new conference to address the two South Los Angeles shootings, which he said occurred in areas of the city among the most heavily impacted by gun violence. He said 450 people have been shot in those neighborhoods.

"We at the Los Angeles Police Department understand that some of our communities are so severely impacted by violence, including use of force by police, that this tragedy is compounded to a degree that sometimes seems unbearable," Beck said.

Replica handgun found at scene of Sunday shooting

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A woman who said she witnessed the shooting said officers gave no commands to the man before firing on him. One officer fired and then a second shot the man multiple times after he fell, said Crystal Peterson, who cried as she described the scene.

Beck said he had watched video from the officers' body cameras, which he said supported the officers' statements. The man was not shot while lying on the ground, as some had claimed, Beck said.

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LINK: http://ktla.com/2016/10/02/officer-involved-shooting-reported-in-south-los-angeles/