Family of LA Man Killed by Deputies Calls for FBI Probe
Authorities say unarmed man was reaching for waistband. Witness says he had hands over his head.
The family of an Inglewood man gunned down by L.A. County sheriff's deputies this month is requesting an FBI probe of the shooting and subsequent investigation by the Sheriff's Department.
Jose de la Trinidad, 36, was shot and killed by deputies Nov. 10, just minutes after leaving his niece's quinceanera with his older brother.
After police attempted to pull the older brother over for speeding, he sped off. After pleading with his brother to stop, Jose de la Trinidad was let out of the car in the 1900 block of East 122nd Street in Willowbrook, family members said.
There the unarmed man was shot and killed by deputies. But there is some dispute over what happened in those seconds before deputies opened fire.
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