Liquor store manager calls 911 to report robbery, deputy shoots eight rounds in his direction

[Liberal_in_LA]

Deputy shooting at West Hollywood liquor store owner under investigation
October 4, 2010 | 11:34 am
Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators are looking into how a West Hollywood liquor store manager who called 911 to report a robbery was mistaken for a suspect and shot at by a deputy.

Authorities were called to the store near Crescent Heights and Santa Monica boulevards early Sunday. Suspect descriptions at the time were limited: a black man with a handgun, and a black woman.

Soon after, two deputies pulled in and parked around the corner from the store and the store’s manager ran around the corner to meet them, said Capt. Mike Parker. At least one of the deputies mistook the manager, who is also black, for the suspect, Parker said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/why-deputy-fired-at-west-hollywood-liquor-store-owner-remains-unclear.html

[MrScorpio]

1. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Motto:

"At night all cats are grey."