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LOS ANGELES, Dec 2 — A US policeman shot and killed a wheelchair-bound shoplifter, hitting him nine times in the back and side as he rolled away from the officer, media reported Wednesday. The shooting is the latest in a country where law enforcement readily resorts to deadly force when...

LOS ANGELES, Dec 2 — A US policeman shot and killed a wheelchair-bound shoplifter, hitting him nine times in the back and side as he rolled away from the officer, media reported Wednesday.

Police in Tucson, Arizona said off-duty officer Ryan Remington was working as a security guard in a retail area when 61-year-old Richard Lee Richards was believed to have stolen a toolbox from a Walmart. When Richards continues to move his motorised wheelchair away, Remington opens fire with nine bullets, hitting the suspected shoplifter in the back and the side.“According to the employee, he caught up with Mr. Richards outside as he fled the store and asked to see a receipt for the toolbox,” CNN quoted Magnus as saying.Magnus told a press conference he was “deeply disturbed” by his officer’s actions.

 

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