L.A. County supervisor are calling for an independent investigation into last week's fatal shooting of an 18-year-old by a sheriff's deputy.
Protesters and sheriff’s deputies engaged in a tense standoff over the officer-involved shooting of Andres Guardado,In response to demands for outside oversight, Villanueva said on Twitter on Monday that he had, “out of an abundance of caution,” reached out to California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra to ask his office to monitor the Guardado investigation.
But that transparency is being questioned by critics who say the department appears to be planning to block the release of Guardado’s autopsy. There have been growing demands for answers from Guardado’s family and community leaders, who held a protest Sunday that ended with deputies firing less-than-lethal weapons at them.Villanueva has provided few details about what led up to the shooting.The Sheriff’s Department has said that Guardado was shot about 6 p.m. Thursday near a Gardena auto body shop.
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