Snell: Shooting and Beck

snell: The shootings come amid heightened tensions over police actions involving black people and other minorities across the country, according to CTV. In Snell shooting, officers tried to pull over a car he was in because it had paper plates that didn't match the year of the vehicle - a possible indication of a stolen car and something commonly seen in drive-by shootings, Beck said. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck released new details of Saturday shooting of 18-year-old Carnell Snell in South Los Angeles and a fatal police shooting of an unidentified Hispanic man on Sunday. Snell, seated in the back, looked at officers and then ducked down "as if to hide from them," Beck said. After a chase of several hundred yards, Beck said, Snell took a gun from his waistband and turned in the direction of the pursuing officers, prompting the shooting. When officers tried to pull the car over, Snell jumped out holding his waistband and the foot pursuit began, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.