DA moves to drop case against 2 Torrance officers whose fatal shooting prompted BLM protests

DA moves to drop charges against Torrance officers who shot, killed man armed with air rifle

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has moved to dismiss charges against two Torrance police officers in the 2018 killing of a man sitting in a suspected stolen car with an altered airsoft rifle between his legs. Officers Matthew Concannon, 40, and Anthony Chavez, 36, were indicted in March 2023 on one count each [...]

DA moves to drop case against 2 Torrance officers whose fatal shooting prompted BLM protests

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Friday, Nov. 21, announced it had filed to dismiss a case against two then-Torrance police officers who in 2018 shot and killed a 23-year-old Black man sitting in a reportedly stolen car with what turned out to be a modified air rifle between his legs. Authorities have said the suspect moved his hands toward a long gun. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said his office did not believe it could …

DA moves to drop case against 2 Torrance officers whose fatal shooting prompted BLM protests

The suspect, a 23-year-old Black man, was sitting in a reportedly stolen car with a modified air rifle between his legs.

DA moves to drop case against 2 Torrance officers whose fatal shooting prompted BLM protests

The suspect, a 23-year-old Black man, was sitting in a reportedly stolen car with a modified air rifle between his legs.

DA moves to drop case against 2 Torrance officers whose fatal shooting prompted BLM protests

The suspect, a 23-year-old Black man, was sitting in a reportedly stolen car with a modified air rifle between his legs.

D.A. moves to drop charges against Torrance officers in fatal shooting of Black man

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman moved to dismiss a manslaughter indictment against two Torrance police officers who shot and killed Christopher Deandre Mitchell in 2018. Mitchell, a car theft suspect, was holding an air rifle when the officers opened fire.