article_snippet: Shouts of 'Drop the gun!
article_snippet: LA police chief Charlie Beck said damaged magazine and a partially-discharged bullet prove there was a struggle over it .
article_snippet: Last night, LAPD spokesman Andy Smith insisted that the shots only came after the struggle over a firearm.
article_snippet: That was ineffective and eventually the struggle occurred where the officers that were struggling with the individual over one of the officer's weapons.
article_snippet: Police have not formally identified the man Police killed.
highlights_snippet: then ensues - which ends up with The man being shot dead .
  
highlights_snippet: Police officials claim The man was killed after trying to take an officer's gun .
  
highlights_snippet: But witnesses have disputed whether The man ever reached for the weapon .
  