LAPD officers shot Jeffrey Askew after he was caught on body camera footage jumping off an apartment building, then hitting another building and dropping to the ground below. He survived.
The Los Angeles Police Department has released body camera footage of a robbery suspect jumping off a South LA apartment building before officers shot him. He survived and was arrested. It happened back on Sept. 15, after officers were called out to the 1100 block of E. 33rd Street in South LA for reports that a group of men broke into an apartment, tied up someone inside and stole his car keys.
A third suspect, identified as Jeffrey Askew, was seen from an LAPD air unit on the roof of the apartment building. Body camera footage released Sunday showed officers' view as Askew then jumped off the building, onto a shorter building below, and then plummeting to the ground. The LAPD shared images as officers approached Askew, showing him holding a small hammer in his hand. According to the department, officers believed Askew was holding a gun, and that's why he was shot.
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