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Woodrow Player III
United States · Aged 22 · Died 07/13/2009
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Officers of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department pulled over a car driven by Woodrow Player. They believed he matched the description of someone who had threatened people in the area with a gun. Player exited the car and fled, with officers giving chase. Police claimed Player twice pointed a "dark object" at them during the chase. The second time they opened fire, shooting Player several times and killing him. Although police did find a gun in Player's car, several hundred feet from shooting, the "dark object" police saw was a cell phone. Player's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, but it was dismissed in 2011
Alleged responsible partyLos Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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