article_snippet.sent: According to an LBPD press release, an officer looked into a vacant apartment through an open window and a broken window and saw a man (later identified as Morejon) standing against a wall.
article_snippet.sent: an LBPD press release states an officer saw a man (later identified as Morejon) standing against a wall turn toward a man (later identified as Morejon) standing against a wall, while bending a man (later identified as Morejon) standing against a wall knees and extending a man (later identified as Morejon) standing against a wall arm out, as if pointing an object which an officer perceived as a gun.
article_snippet.sent: an officer then fired, according to police.
article_snippet.sent: Megan Zabel, a Police Department spokeswoman told the LA Times. '
article_snippet.sent: According to a statement from the LBPD to the Long Beach Post, the department 'thoroughly reviews all use of force incidents through a rigorous multi-step process that evaluates legal, policy, tactical and equipment issues. '
article_snippet.sent: In addition, an officer involved shootings where a death occurs, are independently investigated by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Officer allegedly thought the 19-year-old was pointing a gun at Hector Morejon during a trespassing and vandalism incident .
  