Prior to the Van Nuys shooting, the LAPD had gone 13 years without killing a hostage or a bystander.
Police Chief Michel Moore said that two of the three officers involved in the shooting should have withheld fire.
Elizabeth Tollison, a 49 -year-old homeless woman, was standing nearby against a wall during the encounter. She used a walker and may have frozen with fear or been unable to quickly move away before Perez wrapped his arms around her and pressed the knife against her throat, police said. Moore said other officers with similar experience and training would have reasonably believed Perez presented an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.
Still, Moore said the officer should have withheld fire because other officers had “already engaged Perez with deadly force.”
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