article_snippet: Witnesses who saw police officers kill a homeless man on LA's skid row yesterday have trashed claims that a homeless man on LA's skid row was trying to shoot them with one of them own weapons.
article_snippet: Police chiefs have insisted Police chiefs officers only killed a homeless man on LA's skid row because a homeless man on LA's skid row was trying to snatch an officer's handgun and turn an officer's handgun on him - but the claims didn't wash with people on the scene.
article_snippet: Shot dead: A homeless man, circled in red, was gunned down by the Los Angeles Police Department yesterday.
article_snippet: LAPD officials say a homeless man on LA's skid row was wanted in connection with a robbery, and started brawling with officers who approached a homeless man on LA's skid row.
article_snippet: Shocking video footage shows the man, who was apparently known in the area as 'Africa', lashing out at police, who force a homeless man on LA's skid row to the ground.
article_snippet: Police first tried to use a Taser on a homeless man on LA's skid row, but officers say a Taser had no effect.
article_snippet: Outraged crowds soon gathered at the scene, accusing the police of unjustly killing a homeless man on LA's skid row.
article_snippet: When asked whether a homeless man on LA's skid row reached for a policeman's gun, he said: 'his own footage of the incident don't say that, my eyes didn't see that.'
article_snippet: At the beginning of the encounter, a homeless man on LA's skid row is seen taking swings at several police officers on Skid Row .
article_snippet: Confronted: a homeless man on LA's skid row was being confronted over reports of a robbery before five shots were fired .