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LAPD said a weapon was recovered from the scene, despite Simpson's assertions. Maria L. La Ganga is city editor for the Los Angeles Times. Simpson, 47, was stunned. He was the 10th person fatally shot by on-duty LAPD officers this year. Its great that the taggers leave the wall alone. She has covered six presidential elections and served as bureau chief in San Francisco and Seattle. Everyone, from children to adults, knows not to lean against the wall or put their feet up on it. However, we all had/have a hard-working, focused, and divorced mother that EXPECTED that we would abide by her rules first--and then the law. An LAPD officer addresses a group in Nickerson Gardens, where an investigation is underway into a gun battle with Los Angeles police that left an 18-year-old dead and one officer wounded. To Henderson, the wall represents pride in his community. All were shot to death, except for one man who died of stab wounds. When she called back, he said, he got into his car and sped to the housing project. Breathe.. Hiring local residents. Now, Watts is 70% Latino and 27% Black, according to census data and Times analysis. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The complex is owned and managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. NICKERSON GARDENS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man has died after being shot in a deputy-involved shooting in the Nickerson Gardens area of Watts Wednesday night. Lets go farther together make A difference not just memories. Young Black men and families are the hardest hit by the pandemic, said Jorja Leap, a professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and co-founder of the Watts Leadership Institute. 5:59 a.m.: This article was updated with details about the shooting, comments from Police Chief Charlie Beck and the mans mother. This means that season 4 has also been filmed in the usual filming locations used since season 1. I stopped giving that day in December 2008. In a community plagued by unemployment, poverty and gangs, the wall is sacred ground. In Los Angeles County. The officers were not wearing body cameras, he said, but investigators are looking at footage from their patrol car and cameras belonging to the housing authority. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. L.A. has a new answer, Epic snowpack upends rhythms of life for many species in Sierra Nevada range, Decades of failures leave L.A. County facing up to $3 billion in sex abuse claims. "To the nation, you know, everybody needs to start standing up 'cause people are getting tired of their kids getting killed. My mother Mrs Janie York and lil sister Gerlinda Gee Gee York is on the wall. Authorities said the shooting .