Police Shoot and Kill Beating Suspect
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From Times Staff Reports
A Los Angeles police officer shot to death a man who allegedly charged at him with an ax, authorities said Sunday.
The man was suspected of battery.
Officers had been called to the scene of a beating Saturday night in South Los Angeles. They asked the suspect “to drop the ax, but he refused” and lunged, said Officer Don Cox.
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