A Los Angeles police sergeant and five officers broke department policy when they opened fire last year on an armed man who refused to follow officers' commands, killing him, a police commission found.
The Board of Police Commissioners voted on May 23 to approve a Los Angeles Police Department internal investigation into the fatal shooting of Rodolfo Torres on July 2, 2022, that found the officers' use of force was not reasonable or necessary.
One of the officers saw what he believed to be the "butt" of a handgun concealed in Torres' jacket pocket and ordered him to stop and get his hands out of his pockets, Moore wrote. But he ignored their commands and instead started walking away from them, he wrote. Moore wrote that while he understood Sgt. Christopher Burke and Officers Jose Rodriguez, Kyle Bender, James Stea, Israel Florez and Chad Fillinger faced a difficult situation and there were issues with Burke's command of the situation as supervisor, there were other designated covered officers "who were better positioned to address the lethal threat."
"The Board noted that Sergeant Burke was expected to take an active leadership role and reduce the overall intensity of the incident," Moore wrote. "However, Sergeant Burke appeared overly involved in Torres' actions, which seemed to limit his ability to effectively manage his personnel."
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