Back in April, deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) killed the hostage in a stabbing rampage. The victim was a production assistant on the Comedy Central series "Tosh.0."
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) admitted Thursday deputies made a deadly mistake this week when they fatally shot an innocent man, reports CBS Los Angeles.
John Winkler, 30, was killed Monday night after deputies responded to a call of a man with a knife. Winkler reportedly worked temporarily as a production assistant for the TV show "Tosh.0″ on Comedy Central.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., deputies say two men burst out of an apartment building and ran towards them. The first man who exited was bleeding profusely from the neck. Winkler followed close behind, reports the station.
Not only that, they wounded the other hostage!
The other victim the deputies shot in the leg is in stable condition at a hospital.
Well, that's all very regrettable, and that's certainly a freak accident that could never happen again in a million years....Oh Christ,
here we go again!
It was the second time in four months that a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy mistook a victim for a suspect, both with tragic results. In the April incident in West Hollywood, a TV production assistant was hit in the chest when three deputies fired on him as he and another hostage rushed out of an apartment unit where they were being held. A second hostage was shot in the leg but survived.
In this case it was a fleeing gang member who broke into a house, taking the family hostage. When the homeowner, a man in his 50's tried to escape, deputies shot him in the face at close range.
A Pico Rivera grandfather who was mistakenly killed by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy last week was shot in the forehead at fairly close range, even though he weighed about 50 pounds more than the 24-year-old gang member who took his wife hostage, officials said Thursday.