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Part I I/Thursday, February 7, 1985 *
Suspect in 75 Pu^e Snatchings Killed by Police
By EDWARD J. BOYER. Times Staff Writer
An Ingiewood man suspected of
committing 75 purse snatchings
and robberies at shopping centers
over the last year was killed in a
fusillade of police gunfire as he
tried to flee from undercover officers outside a department store
near Culver City, police said
Wednesday.
Four officers from the Westside
Major Crime Violators Task Force
had staked out the Gemco store at
5750 Mesmer Ave. Tuesday when
they spotted Steven M. Lincourt.
25. driving a stolen car in the
parking lot, said Lt Charles Higbie.
spokesman for the Los Angeles
Police Department.
After officers from therLos Angeles and Culver City police departments and the Los Angeles
County Sheriffs Department recognized Lincourt from a composite
photograph, they identified themselves as police officers and ordered him to stop. Higbie said.
With his path blocked by the
officers' cars, the suspect ignored
the order and attempted to escape
by driving backward, Higbie said.
Lincourt then began driving for
ward, and LAPD Officers Richard
L. Henry, 3A and Richard J. Spell -
man, 34, along with Deputy Ricky
N. Doan, 33. fired 11 rounds—one
from a shotgun and 10 from service
revolvers—at the suspect, Higbie
said.
The police spokesman added that
Lincourt, who was unarmed, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to
the upper torso and died at the
scene inside the stolen car. Higbie
also said officers found evidence
linking Lincourt to the earlier
robberies, but he refused to discuss
that evidence.
Reports of a helmeted man who
grabbed purses from women shoppers before fleeing on a motorcycle
began a year ago, Higbie said. Last
July, he said, the thief began using
stolen cars instead of a motorcycle.
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings (Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Times, Sentinel) and magazine articles (U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek) documenting Los Angeles Police Department misconduct under Chief Daryl F. Gates, 1978-1991, compiled by Irving Kessler and Lynn F. Kessler. Includes: Introduction, Contents, Excessive force, Rodney King, Mexican nationality, Civil rights, Property, Silence, Discrimination, Accountability, Gates intolerance, Recommendations. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1978/1991 |
| Creator |
Kessler, Irving, compiler Kessler, Lynn F., compiler |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times; L.A. Weekly; U.S. News & World Report; Los Angeles Daily News; New York Times; Newsweek; Sentinel |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Date issued | 1978/1991 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Format (aat) |
clippings (information artifacts) articles summaries |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
| Box and folder | box 23, folders 7-9 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box23-07_09 |
Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991, p. 9 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | Part I I/Thursday, February 7, 1985 * Suspect in 75 Pu^e Snatchings Killed by Police By EDWARD J. BOYER. Times Staff Writer An Ingiewood man suspected of committing 75 purse snatchings and robberies at shopping centers over the last year was killed in a fusillade of police gunfire as he tried to flee from undercover officers outside a department store near Culver City, police said Wednesday. Four officers from the Westside Major Crime Violators Task Force had staked out the Gemco store at 5750 Mesmer Ave. Tuesday when they spotted Steven M. Lincourt. 25. driving a stolen car in the parking lot, said Lt Charles Higbie. spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. After officers from therLos Angeles and Culver City police departments and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department recognized Lincourt from a composite photograph, they identified themselves as police officers and ordered him to stop. Higbie said. With his path blocked by the officers' cars, the suspect ignored the order and attempted to escape by driving backward, Higbie said. Lincourt then began driving for ward, and LAPD Officers Richard L. Henry, 3A and Richard J. Spell - man, 34, along with Deputy Ricky N. Doan, 33. fired 11 rounds—one from a shotgun and 10 from service revolvers—at the suspect, Higbie said. The police spokesman added that Lincourt, who was unarmed, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso and died at the scene inside the stolen car. Higbie also said officers found evidence linking Lincourt to the earlier robberies, but he refused to discuss that evidence. Reports of a helmeted man who grabbed purses from women shoppers before fleeing on a motorcycle began a year ago, Higbie said. Last July, he said, the thief began using stolen cars instead of a motorcycle. |
| Filename | indep-box23-07-03~007.tif |
| Archival file | Volume75/indep-box23-07-03~007.tif |
