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Officer Mistakes
Glove for Gun
and Kills Man
ByJOHN II. Uptimes STAFF WRI1CR
A Los Angeles police officer shot and
killed a man early Wednesday when he
reached into his rear pocket for what the
officer thought wan a weapon, but which
actually was a glove, officials said.
Chester Randolph,, 36, was struck In the
chest by a shotgun round and later pronounced dead at the California Medical
Center, said Lt. William Hall of the.
department's officer-Involved shooting investigation team.
The shooting occurred afler palrol officers responded to a resident's complaint of
a fistfighl between two brothers about
12il5 a.m. on Vernon Avenue, near Main
Street. Hall said. The resident also reported that one of the brothers wus armed. Hall
said.
According to police, Randolph und his
brother Sam, 37, had been scuffling over a
traffic citation. The younger Randolph
apparently had been cited for a violation,
but on the Ucket the name and address of
the older brother had been given, said Jim
Bright of the officer-involved shooting
team.
Robert Snedden, 26, a four-year Police
Department veteran, armed himself with a
12-gauge shotgun, left the patrol car and
"observed what he believed to be a
semiautomatic handgun in Chester Randolph's right rear pants pocket," Bright
said. He added that when the officer
ordered the brothers lo slop, Chester
Ignored the command and quickened his
pace.
"He (Randolph] suddenly stopped,
leaned forward and reached into hi*, right
rear pocket," Brigh^said.
The officer, believing he was in danger,
fired at Randolph.
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. 70 |
| 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 | Officer Mistakes Glove for Gun and Kills Man ByJOHN II. Uptimes STAFF WRI1CR A Los Angeles police officer shot and killed a man early Wednesday when he reached into his rear pocket for what the officer thought wan a weapon, but which actually was a glove, officials said. Chester Randolph,, 36, was struck In the chest by a shotgun round and later pronounced dead at the California Medical Center, said Lt. William Hall of the. department's officer-Involved shooting investigation team. The shooting occurred afler palrol officers responded to a resident's complaint of a fistfighl between two brothers about 12il5 a.m. on Vernon Avenue, near Main Street. Hall said. The resident also reported that one of the brothers wus armed. Hall said. According to police, Randolph und his brother Sam, 37, had been scuffling over a traffic citation. The younger Randolph apparently had been cited for a violation, but on the Ucket the name and address of the older brother had been given, said Jim Bright of the officer-involved shooting team. Robert Snedden, 26, a four-year Police Department veteran, armed himself with a 12-gauge shotgun, left the patrol car and "observed what he believed to be a semiautomatic handgun in Chester Randolph's right rear pants pocket," Bright said. He added that when the officer ordered the brothers lo slop, Chester Ignored the command and quickened his pace. "He (Randolph] suddenly stopped, leaned forward and reached into hi*, right rear pocket," Brigh^said. The officer, believing he was in danger, fired at Randolph. |
| Filename | indep-box23-07-03~068.tif |
| Archival file | Volume76/indep-box23-07-03~068.tif |
