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Man killed in deputy-involved shooting in Palmdale [update: man ID’d]

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he incident began just before 3 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, in the parking lot of the Taco Bell, located on the 37900 block of 47th Street East in Palmdale, sheriff's officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
The incident began just before 3 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, in the parking lot of the Taco Bell, located on the 37900 block of 47th Street East in Palmdale, sheriff’s officials said. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
PALMDALE – A suspected DUI motorist was killed in a deputy-involved shooting early Sunday morning outside a Palmdale fast-food restaurant.

The incident began just before 3 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, in the parking lot of the Taco Bell, located on the 37900 block of 47th Street East in Palmdale, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“The call came from employees of a fast-food restaurant who reported that a vehicle had collided into the business, near the drive-through area, and the driver appeared to be unconscious,” the sheriff’s news release states.

The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. [LUIS MEZA]
The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. [LUIS MEZA]
“When deputies arrived, they made contact with the suspect-driver, and based on initial observations, they began to conduct a driving under the influence investigation,” the news release states.

The suspect was placed in the rear of a patrol car, and he jumped out as he was about to be handcuffed and began to fight a deputy, according to the sheriff’s news release.

Other deputies came to aid and the fight was taken to the ground.

“At some point during the fight, the suspect grabbed ahold of the deputy’s weapon,” the news release states. “The deputy immediately attempted to retain his weapon while he advised the other deputies that the suspect was trying to remove his weapon.”

The deputies attempted to subdue the suspect, but he refused to let go of the deputy’s weapon,  according to the sheriff’s news release.

A deputy-involved shooting occurred, the suspect was struck by gunfire and the fight stopped, sheriff’s officials said.

The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The deputies involved in the fight suffered cuts, bruises and abrasions, sheriff’s officials said. It was not immediately known if any deputies were transported to the hospital.

“During the course of their investigation, detectives located a blue-steel pistol and a large baggie of marijuana located inside the suspect’s vehicle,” the sheriff’s news release states.

There is no further information at this time and the investigation is ongoing.

The suspect’s identity is being withheld pending next of kin notification.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

UPDATED 12.21.15: The man shot dead by deputies has been identified as 30-year-old Leroy Browning of Palmdale, according to an updated news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. There was a warrant for Browning’s arrest “in connection to a home-invasion robbery and assault with a deadly weapon where a victim was shot,” the sheriff’s news release states. Read it at: http://local.nixle.com/alert/5551589/

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210 comments for "Man killed in deputy-involved shooting in Palmdale [update: man ID’d]"

  1. Cops get off on this kind of stuff. Now he can get his secret cop tattoo commemorating the shooting to show off to his pig buddies when they’re sitting at the bar bro’ing down.

    • Well if he had a weapon and drugs in his car,and crashed into a building while drunk,fought with officers and tried to steal one of their weapons.[removed]like that will happen.He may have been a good father,but leads me to question his life choices.

  2. Well I knew Leroy personally, and he did not deserve to die. One of you asked if he was a good person. You damn right he was. Leroy was a great father to his 3 kids who want for nothing, but to now have their father back. Leroy would give you the clothes off of his back. So to hell with all of you who don’t see a problem with an unarmed man being shot. Especially one who is 5’3 135.and for those who say he was a bad man for what he was charged with. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Your so quick to judge by the charges but you have no clue of his guilt. I pray to god that some of you ignorant ppl never get put in a situation where your refusal of pointing the finger at the guilty puts your own freedom and safety in danger. So to all of you that weren’t blessed to have met him and know what he believed in. I’m sorry for you. I was with Leroy and his two boys less than 48 hours of this tragic [removed], and all that he was talking about was spending time with his kids and family, waiting to see the loom on their face when they opened their gifts. So [removed] all of you ignorant ppl. To his 3 Beautiful kids your dad loved you so much, and please believe he will be looking over you.

    • You never talked to Leroy about drinking and driving and some of his other choices? Where did Leroy work to provide so well for his kids? I guess I just am curious about how on one hand his friends say he was a law abiding family man and then the other picture is of him as a dangerous criminal. Did he work at all?

      • What the [removed] is wrong with ppl. Three children have no father. What does he having a job have anything to do with a man losing his life.

      • Unemployment doesn’t merit death. At least in other countries they just chop off your hand for stealing. Welcome to US where minor criminal offenses are delivered a death sentence without a trial.

        • Let’s be honest. If the cops were just systematically killing people for minor crimes, and it’s widely known, you would think that it would be fear enough that these criminals would stop committing these crimes for fear of death.

          Also, this guy is driving around with a loaded gun and pot. What are you doing that you need a loaded gun for a drive when you’re drunk?

          My father (passed down from his father and his grandfather) used to say that “doing stupid stuff has a way of shortening your life span”. I venture to say that if this guy wasn’t shot by the cops that night, he’d have been shot somewhere down the line or ended up shooting somebody with that gun.

          Let’s remember who the real criminal is..

          • I do agree that this guy was a shady character. I think the argument is really that incompetence leads to unjustified shootings then a standard defense of he grabbed my gun. If a trained officer acts irresponsibly and someone ends up dead, what should be the penalty? Not saying that’s what happened here, but it’s a tough question. He’s supposed to be able to arrest someone without killing them, even if they fight him. In this case they outnumbered the guy too.

          • Really you are retarded that was my cusine and my god father he was loved by many what if h got killed or harmed I lived Leroy u are a discrace and get off of the comments

          • Well I was badly beaten by the police in Lancaster same sheriff’s and the killing thing is there suspect was 5’9 260lbs I’m 5’2 dropping wet there hS been a problem in the antelope Valley for years and the court is under investigation because they have a 99.9% conviction Rate that is not justice

    • I only met him in passing I spoke and he spoke back talking about my grandkids and his kids. My kids know i speak to anyone and will hold conversation like I have known you for years. I am saddened this young man lost his life. It could have been any of ours. I never believe what is said about someone who just happens to lose their lives in a police shooting. All the dirt comes out he is mot here to defend himself. I hurt for his family especially his children they have lost their dad I truly know how that feels. Rest In Peace Leroy and for the family sorry for your loss. Such a damn tragedy.

      • The dirt is mostly a criminal record and that he was drunk and crashed into a business, fought the police and possessed a gun and drugs. What you say is dirt seems to me to be the details of his past and current criminal lifestyle. It’s not some mean gossip… It’s how he lived and died. Do you suggest that they lie about his past and the circumstances of his death?

    • I’m sorry but how was a good person with a large bag of weed and a pistol in his car? Also have a connection to a home invasion robbery. You guys sound so dumb. Always want to make it seem like he is this good person, asking for/ begging for donations to burry him etc. how about you guys get life insurance policies like every other smart person would do so you don’t have to beg people to help burry a loved one!

      • I wish I could slap the [removed] outta u .ppl like u only open ur mouth and say foul [removed] like this cause ur on the web u wouldn’t dare pop tht fly [removed] in person

  3. Media has a mind of it’s own!! All those who knew him know better than to believe a bunch of negative ass lies! This will never stop as long as ppl support this whack ass system! Never will I accept or believe that Leroy brought himself to death!! No way!! And regardless of what ppl say and do, I will stand by those who were victims of an unjust system! Shame on those officers who think death is the answer to everything!! If shooting people is their way of serving and protecting, it is obviously deeper issues that need to be resolved before badges are handed out! This makes me incredibly angry and sick to my stomach that this world, and those we are supposed to trust are killing our people everyday and getting away with it! GOD shall handle the rest! ☝

    • Tatiana,
      You apparently knew him. Can you honestly say knowing him how you do that he would not drive intoxicated and being intoxivated crash into a business? Would you also say that he would never fight with the police, be in possession of a gun or drugs? What are the negative lies?

      • How does a car crash into a building and not have a dent or a scratch? You people believe everything you read.

  4. Really AV Times? I suggest the famous civil rights activist come visit the Antelope Valley and you pull it? Have you actually read some of the ignorant crap posted on this thread?? I only made an obvious suggestion to the situation….let your readers decide!

    • Quigley- First what civil rights were broken? You didn’t once mention the law. Secondly, yes please come visit the AV and see just how as a community we look out for our safety. Folks around here aren’t like your major cities. Most of us are driven by our community and support from one another and especially those who protect us. The man was intoxicated, on drugs, and obviously dealing. Having many friends who work in the department an officer has the right to go home free from anuse and being injured too. The DRUNK, cause that’s what he was, shouldn’t have been drinking and driving! Not only did he put his life in danger but everyone’s around him. If he would have killed someone and then been shot would you still be making your same claim? I theorize the many who was killed didn’t want to go to jail and attempted to grab the deputy’so gun in hopes they would shoot him. Regardless, though of my theory I can’t see any civil rights being violated. If the drubk would have gotten the gun and the deputy had been shot and killed wold you have argued for his/her rights as well? Somehow, I doubt it.

      • It was meant as sarcasm Concerned Citizen…. AV Times pulled my request for AS to show up and decide what really happened….like he always does…..get it?

  5. Aw hell, if they handcuffed him before putting him in the car you would yell civil right violations. If they didn’t do it that way, it is poor tactics. You cannot win with the race baiters of the world. I suppose many of you aspire to be a reverend and proclaim to hold up justice for all the poor oppressed blacks in the valley, all the while making bank on the stirring up of the race issues.

    This guy was a bad individual who had a propensity for crime and injuring people with a firearm. Unfortunately his thuggery didn’t work out this time…..probably because he was clouded with weed and booze.

    Perhaps when someone like this caps Timmy, he can call some of his friends. I think his number is probably on the “do not call list” when he screams for help on 911.

    • Gerge, it is not race baiting, it is reality. Cops across the nation are killing unarmed people and are getting caught (thanks to the social media). I just hope that they are not twisting the facts about what really happened because now, they are sending cops to jail and are finally holding them accountable.

      I live a few blocks from were the shooting occured and on Sunday morning, while i was refilling my 5 gallon water jugs across from taco bell in the tom’s burgers shopping mall area, i noticed cops going around all the stores in the shopping mall area looking for video footage.

      In Chicago, a similiar inccident occured where the cops shot an unarmed man but they all claimed that the man was armed and that was the reason they killed him. These knuckleheads then went around looking for video footage and found a burger king that caught everything on camera and the police officets ereased all the footage.

      Luckily, a civilian caught the shooting on camera and turned out that the man that they claimed was armed, was unarmed, the shooting was unjustified, and 9 cops are now facing charges.

      So no….it is not race baiting. The people have lost trust in the police force, thanks to their own piss poor judment calls that they keep making.

      That said, the police better handle this invetigation the right way, if not this case is going straight to the federal level.

      • And like in Missouri, the Federal level will most likely show evidence that does not support all the B.S. being spewed by those who have no idea as to what happened. Unless they try all of them for murder, you would not believe the police handled the investigation properly. We might as well get the Federal guys in here right now…..oh wait, they are already involved as they are always invited to have a look at possible civil rights violations.

        I am sure the police went looking for all the footage they could find from neighboring businesses so they could destroy it all. It would have nothing to do with the policies in place that mandate they locate any and all witnesses available, all video sources and all audio sources. In these days even solid video evidence would not be enough for some of you. You simply believe until the officer is bleeding from wounds he should not be able to defend himself.

        I only hope at least one of them had a body camera that will show footage of how this innocent young individual was not unconscious, not complying, yelling some choice threats, and the officers involved yelling for him to stop, communicating the threat level to each other and finally taking appropriate action. I am sure he was not just sitting there unconscious and was shot.

        I only wish someone like yourself could be put through some situations to see how you would react. It must be easy to sit there and armchair quarterback everything from the safety of your own living room.

        • From what I can understand, these angry protesters generally don’t have patience or use for a trial and when a jury says to acquit they take that as another reason to protest and at times riot. They say things like why should the police get a trial when so and so didn’t? It’s scary how much of a mob and instant justice mindset the protesters seem to espouse.

  6. The whole story just does not make sense and its amazing how people are able to comment on someone or something when they don’t know the person or the situation. The guy is 5’3 135 pounds- they could have handle this situation a lot different.

  7. Keep in mind you Leroy ionizers (you probably won’t know what that means)…he was violent himself. He shot another person. It’s providence that that person didn’t die. So why are you saying Leroy was such a good person? Did he deserve to die? Won’t judge other than to say he was attempting to take control of a deputies weapon. No doubt he would have made every attempt to end the life of the deputy. He was running away from the law as evidenced by the warrants out for his arrest. He was not a good person. I know that sounds unkind to say, but had he been an inherently good person, he never would have been a law breaker. Unless, of course, you consider a violent law breaker a good person.

    • This saddens my heart. This is a family member of mine. I watched him grow up. You sound crazy to say that, basically he deserved to die. You have know idea what this young man was going through in life. First of all, there is only one who is good and that’s Christ. If you lie, cheat, commit adultery, fornicate, have hatred in your heart, greed, jealousy, lust, etc. in your heart and actions, you are consider not a good person. In that case we all deserve to die, including you. We all fall short and need the grace of God. Y’all be sensitive to his love ones who may read these comments. You will never know if this could happen to one of your relatives. The devil is wanting to destroy lives. So be careful about speaking on what you know nothing about. Thank the Lord you have breath, And pray for this family. You may just need someone to pray for one of your love ones some day.

      • REST EASY LEYROY!! WE WENT TO HIGHSCHOOL BRIEFLY TOGETHER… BEEN YEARS SINCE WE KICKED IT AND IT TRULY SADDENS ME TO HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY BROWSING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!! U WAZ ALWAYZ COOL WIT ME N KEPT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE!! CANT BELIEVE I SAT BACK N READ SO MANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT YOU!! SOCIETY IS SO EVIL ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT REALLY SAT BACK ON CHRISTMAS EVE LAST YEAR ONLY DAYS AFTER U PASSED AWAY TO RANT ABOUT U!! GOD GOT YOU NOW MANE!! MUCH LOVE TO U N FAMILY!!

    • You should go ask the Person who house he broke in and Shot what do they think. I work hard for my house if a person break in where my family is kept, Then they deserve to be shot not by a Pig but a full grown Hog.

      • Yes i am white, correct.

        But if it turns out that the man was not reaching for their guns and that he was unarmed….those cops need to be held accountable and go straight to jail.

        • Problem is that there is exactly one witness who is not part of the blue brotherhood, and he’s dead. So no matter what actually happened there is no possibility that any cop will be held to account.

          • That is true. Hopefully someone caight this on video so that everybody will know exactly what happened.

          • Three in the morning in the parking lot at Taco Bell? Not likely. I wish it were otherwise, but this is almost certainly another case of “the cops say this is what happened, and believe them or not there’s no alternative story that isn’t pure speculation.” Unfortunately, cops as a group have totally squandered any claim they may have to credibility.

  9. Leroy Browning was a thug and a menace to the community. He was suspected of drunk driving and the deputies found a pistol and a large baggie of marijuana in his car. He was wanted on a warrant in connection with an Antelope Valley robbery and shooting.

    Mr. Browning was convicted in 2008 for possession of a loaded firearm and sentenced to a year in jail and he was facing court proceedings on a 2014 charge in Los Angeles of felony hit-and-run, felony evading of a peace officer and possession of a firearm by a felon.

    Mr. Browning was wanted by the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station detectives in connection of a home invasion robbery in which a person was shot. He was charged with armed robbery, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon for a July 12 incident. A warrant was issued for his arrest.

    Mr. Browning knew he was going to jail and possibly prison. I am not surprised he fought the deputies.

    • @John…I too would have to agree. He knew he was done so why the hell not try to shoot his way out…nothing to lose at that point except prison, and he knew it. It’s called rollin the dice!

  10. Tim Scott, have you joined or submitted suggestions to any of the Los Angeles County law enforcement citizen panels? You often have a negative opinion about law enforcement training and it follows that if you have methods that will work to lessen violent incidents then the law enforcement trainers would like to hear from you.

    • I’ve had a couple very useful conversations lately, one with a deputy and one with a captain.

      I’m not really convinced that training is the problem though. Deputies ignoring the training is more the issue, I suspect. Take this situation. I would bet all the cash in my pocket that the deputy that went to put the cuffs on this guy didn’t follow anything like any process that he had been taught. The outcome is telling. The department training focuses so heavily on officer safety that there is no way they are teaching a procedure that ends up with a drunk guy grabbing an officer’s gun.

      In my opinion the problem is an issue of accountability. The badge lickers in the public are all about “all is well that ends well, and we don’t care about dead people as long as they’re “bad guys.” I know our local captain doesn’t feel that way, but I suspect a whole lot of our deputies do. The question is whether the culture of the sheriff’s station drives towards “Just how the [deleted] did you let that guy get hold of your gun? Why couldn’t you do such a simple task right? Now we have the guy’s blood on our hands because you are such a [deleted],” or towards “Hey, enjoy your paid leave, good shoot, let’s do it again sometime.”

      Regretfully, at this point I don’t have much confidence that the new sheriff or our captain have the horses to direct that culture in a positive direction, though I could be happily wrong about that. If I am not I have the highest of hopes that we can get things reformed without the trial by fire that the LAPD and numerous other similarly failed law enforcement organizations have required.

      • Blame the cop, not the criminal who was responsible for his actions… If a criminal is going to fight, they’re going to fight… Especially this guy who was possibly facing a life term for home robbery with a person shot (according to the AV Press). If the guy would have cooperated and not tried to take the cops gun then he would have been alive. Don’t blame the cops blame the criminals stupidity

      • Lol… as if any cop, local or otherwise, would spend more than a second speaking to EOE(expert on everything) Tim Scott! The captain is forced to listen to overweight failed business owners tell them how to be a cop, but a cop doesn’t. Word is that captain is a lib like yourself, but fortunately he’ll be gone soon. Oh yeah… you’ve “called them out on their lack knowledge.” Sure you have.

        • Guess what “Truth,” if you spew nonsense about me, who you have no way of knowing anything about, it makes it clear that you are willing to just make stuff up, despite your screen name. Better change that to “random guesses” or “moronic spouting.”

        • What’s the matter “Truth”? The thought that not even all cops support your vicious little fascist dream for America too much to take in? Why don’t you head somewhere more to your liking? I’m pretty sure that even you wouldn’t find North Korea to be too liberal for your taste.

  11. I hate Cops, Cops are so shady, Cops this cops that. Shut the heck up! I’ve had run in with Cops all my life, arrested multiple times. Guess what! I’m still alive, do you know how that happened? because I listen to the Officer. I have never been shot, tazed, beaten. So go ahead and scream “police brutally” because you all are too dumb to follow simple orders.

    Oh and Tim Scott shut up

    • LOL…let me guess, because I have no intention to follow your simple order you would just love to shoot me. Guess what, if you give me an order that you have no legal right to give I’m not gonna just follow it.

      Now here’s one for you…

      Oh, nevermind, the censor would delete it and I have no legal right to direct you towards sex with yourself anyway.

      • That mentality is why people get themselves in trouble… A cop might be giving you legal orders but you might think they are not legal. You resist a lawful or unlawful order and fight with cops and you escalate it to lethal force then you can end up dead. If it was lawful and you don’t escalate it to lethal force the you would end up with a criminal record or if it was unlawful then you would end up getting paid in court… Resisting a police officer is savagery in a time where we have more intellectual options like suing in court.

        • Garbage. It doesn’t take a law degree or a genius to learn enough to differentiate a police officer giving instructions in the course of performing his duties from a guy with a badge who is just thinking people should do what he tells them “because.”

          If there is doubt, I do what they say. If there isn’t I inform them, clearly, that I don’t understand where they are getting the legal authority to give the direction they are giving. Outside of a life and death type of situation, there is no valid reason for them to refuse to explain how they have the authority to make the demand they are making under the circumstances at hand…if they do. In almost every case they have looked confused and acknowledged that they don’t.

          If more people called them on their BS they might get over the overpowering sense of entitlement that has accumulated around that badge they wear, and we would all be better off for it.

  12. Ok! People one of two things will happen for sure, If this was a justified shooting were the deputies’ life was in Imminent danger? Captain Don Ford, of the Palmdale Sheriff Station will release a full report and an autopsy report as soon as its available, if it is Not then the report will be NOT made available to the public unless it is asked for by some LA Times reporter just like it happened with the young couple that was killed by deputy Kamal Jannah, of the Palmdale Sheriff Station, remember that really awful accident back on December 13, 2013 deputy Jannah was found to be at fault. It took both the CHP and the Palmdale Sheriff Station two years to release a report and that’s only because a reporter asked for them, otherwise we would still be in the dark about that accident. Any law enforcement office that goes through something like this, when they are not at Fault they are quick to release the report or reports but when there is something to hide or the incident is not 100% clear then they tend to hide or make the reports not available. Does anyone remember how many deputy involved shootings have happened in the past in both Palmdale and Lancaster? Has any one seen a report being release either here on the AVTIMES or the VALLEYPRESS? Nope we haven’t, the only time I remember seeing a report and an autopsy report here on the AVTIMES, was some guy that was shot in his garage somewhere on Ave R and it turned out that when he was shot, he was shot in the back facing away from the deputies. SO? Yup there you have it, lets wait and see what happens? Lets assume for a minute that the deceased Mr. Brown was the worst of the worst and for some reason deserved the death penalty, but maybe he was not he was just some one that made some really bad mistakes in the past, he still needed to be brought to justice and be punished for what he had done.

  13. First off rest in paradise Leroy..Nine times shot?? Unbelievable ! I can not believe people don’t have a heart or even sympathy for our family!! We lost a relative twice on the same day. I feel that as sober individuals and “trained” officers things should have def been handled professionally.. If someone is unconscious clearly and first and foremost paramedics should have been called. Officers have mace and also tazers why weren’t those used?? Why was he shot nine times?? Why was the first option a gun to kill a man?? Guns are so misused by officers and it’s not like this is the first time we have read, seen, or heard of a minority being shot and killed by a cop when other things could have been used. He is a small dude..officers should have been more than strong enough to get control over the situation but they always kill. It never effects them personally. They could have used ANYTHING other than their gun..just like everyone in this world he has a family. I don’t wish death on anyone but you people are ignorant af! Still childish in the mind and so dumb. People are people color of skin should never define a person as a threat or just simply not worthy of life. My fam is in a better place I hate that he left they way he did. Good heart good soul I love you Leroy..uncle sonny has a nef up there keep watch over us

    • It never effects them personally? That’s a flat out lie first and foremost. Wgilevits sad that he died, his actions played a direct role in how his life ended. You bring up why didn’t they use spray or a taser while ignoring he was grabbing a deputy’s gun. He gets that out of the holster and were reading about deputies being shot.

      • Jason, do you think people who carry guns for a living should take responsibility for keeping them out of the hands of drunks…preferably without having to SHOOT the drunks to accomplish this simple task?

        • What? Keep acting like they shot him just because he was drunk. Keep ignoring the fact he was fighting with the deputies and was grabbing a gun during said fight.

          • I notice you didn’t answer the question.

            Do you think that people who carry guns for a living have a responsibility to keep that gun out of the hands of drunks?

          • So cops cant deal with drunk people,Mentally ill and overall people pissed off without killing them?What the hell are they doing

          • Who ended up shot dead. Which we already know is just fine with you. But the point is that this deputy, with all the training he has received, managed to get in a situation where a drunk guy was so close to relieving him of his service weapon that the only solution was to shoot him.

            From all reports, this was a little guy, with a back problem, who had fairly recently been either knocked out or passed out. Do you think the sheriff’s department training is to blame for this deputy being so clueless as to let this tower of power get the drop on him? Or do you think the deputy was motivated by “Well, I can just wing this since at the end of the day I’M A COP so this miscreant will bow down before me…and if he doesn’t what’s the worst that can happen? We can just shoot him.”

          • You’re right, he was shot dead. He fought with deputies and wouldn’t stop grabbing a deputies gun. It’s not a well guarded secret that if you fight with the cops and grab a cops weapon, bad things happen to you, yet people keep doing it.

            Your attitude of we have a badge so if he doesn’t obey we can just shoot him is a joke. Do you really believe they went into this thinking that? You have a guy that just hit a building and they believe was drunk. A guy who had just broken the law by allegedly driving under the influence with marijuana and a gun in the car. The gun being a huge problem because he’s already a felon and thats a big no no. On top of all that, he’s got a warrant out for his arrest for being involved in a home invasion where somebody was shot. Despite his size and supposed back injury, I’d say he knew he was up the proverbial [removed] creek and didn’t want to be arrested. That’s pretty good motivation for a small guy to fight back and get the drop on deputies not expecting it to happen.

          • Tim, that ‘little guy with back problems’ could have come to, hopped up on adrenaline. Very likely since he knew he was wanted. Have you ever wrestled? It is not always the big guy that wins. Not to mention the advantage of surprise, granted an officer really should never be caught off guard yet it happens so often that it must be part of the human condition.
            In short, you were not there. I doubt any of the commenters were on scene. Everything stated in the comments is hearsay. The incident is being investigated by several parties and eventually a report can be obtained by the family and maybe the public.

          • One more time…that “caught by surprise” officer will bear no accountability for letting that happen. That isn’t a result of “the human condition,” it’s a result of the “if things go bad we can just shoot someone without any consequences” culture law enforcement in America has developed. The “report” will be the combined tale from however many members of the blue brotherhood were involved and crafted to ensure that none of them bears any responsibility for the death of this man…and the badge lickers that make up the majority of the public will shrug the whole thing off.

          • Tim, you really believe cops think that way? You really think they went into this situation thinking oh maybe I’ll get lucky and hell fight back so I can shoot him? And what should the officer face for a suspect catching them by surprise? You continue to ignore the role the suspects actions played in his death and want to force everything onto the deputies. It’s not like the deputy said screw I’m gonna shoot this guy after one punch

      • Jason, that is what the deputies ars saying. Let’s just hope that a video does not surface telling otherwise.

    • I am so very, very sorry for your loss. I remember Leroy from elementary school and I feel terrible that his life ended this way. Words are not adequate to assuage your pain and loss. No, I don’t know the whole story and whatever Leroy did, or was suspected of doing, could have ended better. I am sorry it didn’t.

    • I agree with von.killing people or sending them to prison for the rest of their lives specifically our youth doesn’t solve or help the problem we should use alternative methods for example use understanding if you our your family member were in his shoes or his families how would you want the situation handled how would you suggest we help correct negative behavior ? Also the things people are saying on this blog are cruel this young man has a family despite what anyone thinks he may have done he was loved and his family has enough grief right now please save the negativity for a later date. Lets focus our time and thoughts on finding a solution to this problem before it goes any further hate begets hate my prayers are with his family

      • Thousands of years of debate… it is still the same. Humanity has tried prison in many different styles, tried education, tried drug therapy , shock therapy, counselling, threat of death. Some people can not be fixed, or cured. The final option is death. The reason we have prison with therapy, then prison, then life, then death is to allow our minds to excuse the eventual death of a perpetrator through progression of charges.
        None of this applies here though… sadly the self-victimized person made many bad decisions and in the heat of a moment another’s decision ended the cycle.

  14. [removed] every last one of you . Y’all don’t know the have of it . I don’t believe anything the cops say or the media . They’re hiding something like always . If he was so [removed] drunk how the [removed] did he fight that PIG and bear hugged him or whatever the [removed]. It’s always two sides to a story and nobody will know the TRUTH . [removed] Palmdale and Lancaster PIGS . My you rest in paradise cousin . I’m sorry your live was taking because of [removed]

    • Wow, on July 3, my loved one shot seven times by the cops and killed. In fact, it was over kille and covered up. People we need to stop all the trigger happy cops
      The sheriffs need to be held accountable for their actions. Please I encourage folks to get more involved with supena power. I mean really shoot to murder in cold blood. It’s the same thing over and over.please whats happening with our communities.my heart goes out to the family. I feel the pain. Sorry for your loss. Supena power, dignity and power now. Reach out to the organization. These cops make their own reports and cover up.they justify their over kill. If get we get involved with the organization, maybe we can make a difference in other people’s lives. The sherrif need to be held accountable for their actions, so reports can no longer get covered up. My loved one was seven times and handcuffed for six hours or so. No dignity for human life. My prayers are with the family.

    • Tim Scott see this video what do you have to say about this one will you still defend all the criminals ? they all need to be put down there is no help for them they live of robbing people don’t work why keep them alive in jail for they can get out and do like this guy did???

      • I responded in the other place this video was posted.

        Nice to know you are eager for my opinion though Cali.

    • Don’t be haers, and cops are humans and make mistakes too. Many are going to jail to pay for their mistakes. If cops are so afraid of dealing with pele, solution very simple, quit the police department.

  16. “Do not judge so that you will not be judged” (Matt. 7:1).We are not to point out other people’s sins when we ourselves are engaging in sin. Aint no sin greater than the other. Some of ya’ll really dont have room to talk commiting aldultery, touching your family members, embezzling money, etc. Get out of here with all the negative comment & be reminded that this is a human being just like you. We all have short comings. Even if he did mess up and do anything that they say he did 9 times is considered overkill. No one deserves to go that way. Prayers to the family. R.I.P Leroy Browning.
    #commentinpeace

  17. First of all why would the police detain him without restraints considering he is under the influence? Second since in the call they said it was a collision why were no fire dep. or ambulance on the scene? Lastly the only witness is that of arresting officers who of course will lie to maintain the “blue wall of silence”. But since it’s a young black male his life won’t mean anything to hateful as whites on this post. They could have planted the gun and marijuana for all we know. This isn’t even about white and black it’s about justice. He broke the law OK put him in jail not execute. Rapists don’t get slaughtered on scene neither due whites who commit mass shootings but don’t let a black man have weed and the trunk or your gettin shot smh.

  18. This guy got the right sentence and it didn’t waste very much of the tax payers money. What Pos scumbag with a gun and dope and Drunk….. The deputy did make a huge mistake by not cuffing him but owell, GREAT JOB LASD PALMDALE!!!

    • Chris, are you cop too? Is that why you are [removed] the Palmadele SD? Yeap. We police our own and never find them guilty. You [removed] are costing the tax payers millions inlawsuits every year and no one is holding the upper leadership accountable. If the oficrts are so afraid ofdealing with people, leave the department. No one is forcing you to be there.

  19. People r so cruel and quick to judge because of a DUI suspect u assume he is a thug and a horrible person people make mistakes but no one knows the story he was still a human a loving father and son the cops could have handle this in a different way they just try to prove a point to ppl by taking out someone’s life! Leroy’s and his family and friend will get justice!! Rip Leroy

  20. To all of you claiming to know this criminal, claiming he was just “having a bad day” or “misunderstood” and proclaiming he was a good dude, question: where were all of you earlier in the night when he made the decision to get high and/or drunk and get behind the wheel with his pistola? Why weren’t any of you family or friends pointing this criminal in the right direction before he did a home invasion and shot someone? I know Timmy Scott will continue to make excuses and blame the cops for tactics he knows nothing about, but where were all of you “friends and family?”

    • Dont we all make a decision to get “high or drunk” sometimes with no idea how things will turn out? Know how many people would LIVE every year in the US if there was no alcohol? And dont even get me started on tobacco…

      Many people are going to die every year so that you can have the pleasure of driving a car, smoking a cigarette and drinking alcohol. But rather then blame the substances causing these problems, its easier to blame the person who gets hooked on them isn’t it???

      • There is enough information out there that a person has to be stupid to not know the dangers of drinking/using drugs and driving. It is that person’s disregard for others, not the substance that causes problems.

        As for getting hooked on a substance. Again unless they grew up in some void of information, they know the risks involved regarding addiction. They just feel the rules don’t apply to them. That it could never happen to them. That substance didn’t just jump into their hand, they put it there.

  21. I know his sister and she is a kind sweet young woman. I hope she never has tonread these statements of hate against her brother. Whatever happened he is gone now none of us were there when all this went down. I send love and prayers for his family no matter what a person does his family is dealing with this and the sudden loss of a family member. Please be respectful for theor loss.

  22. It’s obviously clear that the sheriff department needs to train there deputies better…their just a bunch of [removed] with a gun and a badge!!!!

  23. RIP Leroy! I love you! We dated for just a little while before I moved away, but you will never be forgotten. You were a wonderful person and friend who has shown his loyalty to those he loved and cared about. Rest easy angel. My heart breaks for you. #Tragic

  24. My prayers go out to his family. It’s a sad day When A close friend loses his life. Bad decisions or not, life is precious. Leroy was a great father A great friend and a man of his word he will be missing sincerely.

  25. I did know the guy personally in high school, and if anyone knew him knew there were multiple sides to Leroy. I know it’s been years since high school so granted he may have experienced growth and change, maybe not. But I do remember him being a cool and mellow individual overall, whom should you make mad, watch out. Anyone saying there’s no way a 5 foot 3 guy could have held his own against 3 cops didn’t know Leroy, the guy could get down with the best of them. Don’t know all the facts and neither does ANYONE who’s posting on this forum unless you were there. The only thing we can really do is question. I do agree with the the question of, “if he was found unresponsive, why was there no paramedic called.” That should be the standard procedure in any suspected dui case resulting in injury despite the crime which has not yet been proven. Do I believe that Leroy could have fought the cops, yes. Do I believe that Leroy could have went for the gun, if there is truth to the warrant for his arrest I think if he were drunk it could cause any person to want to escape a damning position. But I don’t know the facts. Even the most heinous people have family members, Leroy was not heinous. For those of you who take up for Leroy can’t truly deny it may have gone down just as it did despite the lack of diligence taken for his state of being. For those condemning him, it’s easy to say good riddance but in a time where there have been some questionable calls always question authority because absolute power corrupts absolutely. My condolences to the fam, and my prayers to the police who may not have intended for that outcome but still had to do what they had to do.

  26. Nothing good has happened after dark in the Antelope Valley in a very long time.

    If you’re not going to or from work at 3 a.m. you’re probably up to no good.

    We need to burn a lower case t to signify it’s time to clean up and remove the riff raff from the Antelope Valley.

  27. The story states nothing about the deputies finding him unconscious, if you read it, it says the taco bell employees reported too 911 he was unconscious. Someone made a comment about not being handcuffed in the back seat, this is done so that the person and the officers are both in a safe environment, the cuffs go one once they have found evidence too arrest the suspect. In 2002 while in the Marines I had too shoot a man, not a day goes by that I don’t think about it, in the military and law enforcement, it is one of the hardest parts of the job, and no one ever wants to be put in that situation, on till the day you are put in that situation which I hope never comes, you have no idea what goes on when your life is on the line, instead off bashing the sheriff, LAPD and so on how about you do community policing so this crap ends. If you see wrong doing going on stand up for your neighborhoods, towns, and communities one person may not make a difference but a group can get the job done.

  28. I am yet to see someone going with the program get shot. Open your eyes dummies, follow the rules and orders of the police and you won’t end up dead!!! And the race card is soooooooo old stop it

    • Really? Let’s see what you know..this 5’3 135lb intoxicated man wearing a full back brace OVER his clothes..with shoulder harness…had a severe back problem. …ok so he was drunk ran HIS car into the building why is there no E.M.T. there? No ambulance? ?? A supposedly unconscious man wrecked into building and you load him into the BACK of your patrol car and NOT have emt give him a once over???? Then this 30 year old BLACK MAN supposedly grabs for an officer’s gun…they ALWAYS SAY THE suspect grabbed for his gun…so YOU HAVE TO SHOOT him 9 time’s AND KILL him…..race card is clearly HERE. .

      • Thank you for that Julie one year Betty Aborn a 100 pound woman at Carl’s Jr on Avenue K and 10th Street West was shot by 7 police officers who released all their bullets in her little body because they claimed she had a knife which was a plastic knife and they feared for their lives – they killed her.

        • K and 15th, actually, but yeah, the local deputies have a long history of “fear for their lives.”

          • Yeah, most cops are really weird that way, wanting to go home alive at the end of their shift. I ain’t buying the little ‘ol lady BS.

          • No one is trying to sell it, you can look it up at the library. It was well before the internet, but no doubt you can find it archived in the Valley Press, sometime in the mid 1970s.

        • I remember this happening … I worked next door at the Cocos that used to be there… They shot that poor homeless lady because she stole some crackers from AmPm across the street… It was ridiculous and horrible. … I grew up in the AV and the cops have done these kinds of things to the poor and the non whites for years …like over 40 years when I was a kid the saying “Its a big desert and there are alot of abandoned mine shafts!” meant something ….
          The Cops who we employ need to be trained to subdue and control persons in this situation. .. We pay them to be better than us when we are at our worst …..
          I need them to help me if Im making an ass out of myself …. even if that means I need to go to jail. They should not see this as a reason to be angry .
          This is not personal to the cops … Havent we all seen Roadhouse …. Do what you have to do , however BE NICE !!!
          Yes they have very hard jobs ….. However they did choose to Parent and Babysit adults …..If they cant do the job without killing people that really should not have been shot , maybe they shouldnt be Cops …. You know like if you abuse your kids they take them away , well if you cant be a Cop with out being abusive then maybe you shouldnt be a Cop !!!
          I believe that we should have more cameras that catch these confusing stories , in a medium that can be scrutinized. …

    • Thomas, the only dummy is you. We have 80 police officers in Missouri that are quiting all of a sudden, because the new mayor that got elected is African American. Why do you think they are quiting? It is better to quit and keep all your benefits, than to get charged and lose that cushy pension. Why dk you tjink yhe crooked Lee Baca quit?

  29. IT’S SAD TODAY IN AMERICA THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE GIVE OR WHAT OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY GO TOWARDS THE POLICE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN RIGHT FOR THERE WRONG DOINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE GOVERNMENT DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE FAMILY & FRIENDS WE’VE TO BURY DAILY DUE TO THERE LYING LAZY TACTICS THEY USE TO SUBDUE SOMEONE UNDER THE INFLUENCE HE WAS A GREAT PERSON WONDERFUL FATHER AND FRIEND THIS WAS WRONG FIRST WE PAY FOR BODY CAMERAS THAT DON’T WORK OR YOU ALL DON’T TEND TO USE NOW THIS WHEN DO WE AS PEOPLE GET OUR RIGHTS AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO SAY ‘STOP THE VIOLENCE’ IT SEEMS TO ME AS A BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF THAT MY TAX PAYING DOLLARS ARE GOING TOWARDS HIGHER PAY GRADE INSTEAD OF THINGS TO HELP NOT ONLY US IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT THE WAR WE FIGHT DAILY WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT THIS NEEDS TO STOP 911 IS USED TO PROTECT IN SERVE NOT TO HELP CREATE MORE VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES GOD BLESS YOU LEROY!

  30. People like “Excuses as usual” above are what keep this kinda thing going. So quick to believe that an ordinary citizen would grab a cop’s gun. TURN OFF YOUR TV, dum dum!!!

    • Yeah cause it never happens, people never attempt to reach for an officers gun, this was not your ordinary citizen,

      • Your an [removed], and more often than none, cops end up shooting unarmed people, and try to cover their murders. That is a fact.

    • THE SYSTEM IS RACIST CLEAR FACTS HE DIDN’T HAVE TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN AMERICA THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN MAKES YOU A TREAT OR THE WAY YOU DRESS OR WEAR YOUR CLOTHES BUT IN REAL LIFE THE GOVERNMENT IS THE BIGGEST GANG IN THE WORLD WE LOVE YOU LEROY GOOD MAN DIDN’T DESERVE TO LOSE HIS LIFE 5 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS A BUSINESS OWNER IT SEEMS LIKE MY TAX DOLLARS GOES TO HIGHER PAY RATES INSTEAD OF PROTECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY THE LAW ISN’T SAVE ANYMORE GOD BLESS HIS FAMILY!

      • Or maybe he was under the influence and fought the officers and during the scuffle he grabbed an officers gun. All it takes is one bad decision. It looks like he may have made several to alter his life and others around him.

    • Agreed. We are all one bad day or one bad decision away from losing our lives or ending up in prison. There have been times in my life where I was not in control of my actions due to being drunk/high and I guess I am lucky something terrible didn’t happen to me during those times. RIP Leroy. Try not to judge him for his worst mistake and worst day.

  32. You know what if anyone knew the type of man he was or what he was going through NO ONE or any of y’all would say such harsh things I knew him personally yeah he was a [removed] and always doing dumb [removed] but that was Leroy for you he has the most kind heart and wouldn’t harm ANYONE just a young man on his hustle like any black Hispanic Caucasian man n to know he had a family and young ones hurts so bad he was a great father friend cousin everything! To anyone he always made ppl feel welcomed and loved. This hurts so much….. I love you Leroy rip I can’t stop crying

  33. Glad this POS was killed before he knew liked somebody else by driving drunk or with that loaded gun.

  34. I think we are forgetting where we live. This is the AV of 2015. We still have lots of bigots, racists, skinheads, card carrying KKK members, and your run of the mill fellow coworker/church member that smiles in your face and calls out racist ideals at home with their kids and spouses up here….it has always been and unfortunately we can’t seem to get rid of them. Don’t feed these trolls. I think, if the report is accurate, the first and most important mistake the deputy made was to put the suspect in the car WITHOUT HANDCUFFING HIM FIRST. I bet he would be alive had the protocol been followed. Right or wrong, criminal history or not, that fact will come back to haunt everyone involved. How easy would it have been then to grab the deputy’s gun while cuffed? What would the excuse have been then?

  35. The gun and marijuana in the car is an after fact to automatically make the deceased look guilty and justify the killing of an unarmed man. If multiple officer can’t subdue a drunk without deadly forced we are in trouble. Why couldn’t they have used tazers tax payers paid for them, oh wait that’s just for decoration.

    • Ummm he grabbed the officers gun. You are a bright one, let’s tazer a guy who grabbed a gun. He escalated that whole scene to deadly force by his actions so don’t go talking bs about him being unarmed.

      • First off, you say “he grabbed the officer’s gun” as if that were established fact, which it isn’t. Second, if you bring a gun to a fight the responsibility when someone gets shot is YOURS.

        Cops need to perform the basic tasks of a routine DUI stop without it turning into executions in the street. If they are unwilling or incapable they ought not be cops.

        • If the car you’re driving ends up crashed into a building, passed out, smelling of alcohol, get into a fight with the cops and then have the cops gun in your hands, it’s shoot or get shot, that’s the option.

          • Gun NEVER left the officer’s holster. Read the article again. His hand (they say) was on the holster. And 4 cops couldn’t move a drunks hand without shooting him??? Give me a break!

          • OK, so the gun wasn’t in the guys hand but he’s in a fight with the cops with his hand on the cops holster…. Close Enough.

          • OG, once again that is the police version. Let’s hope that domeone does not come up with a video showing a different version of what the cops are saying. The guy that knows what really happened is dead.

        • These sheriff’s are just plan killers here in the Antelope Valley.They are trained to kill.Tazor’s are for white people and the guns are for the blacks.They don’t want blacks here in the first place.

        • Did you not get the part that he had the deputy in a choke hold while grabbing for the gun. I am so alarmed how we continue to support the criminal VS the deputies. If this was you in this situation, you would have shot too. These deputies are brothers and they are going to do what you would do for your own family. I am proud of the quick decision that was made in a difficult situation.

          • I wouldn’t get in that situation.

            I wouldn’t try to put handcuffs on a guy in the back seat of a car.

            This is the problem, same as in Ferguson Missouri. Poor procedure leads to confrontation, confrontation ends in death, badge lickers say “he deserved it anyway.”

            If badge lickers are allowed to have their way, NOTHING is done to improve the situation and more unnecessary deaths are inevitable.

          • @pro deps- Don’t waste your time on Timmy. The story was just updated to show that several cops, then their supervisors, then detectives, then a deputy DA, then a judge all determined there was enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant for this POS after HE SHOT SOMEONE! Oh wait… there was no jury trial yet so Timmy jumps to defend the crook once again. And Timmy, you seem to have so much knowledge of police tactics, were you a scrapper in school or did you get your lunch money taken on a regular basis?

          • I find it hysterically funny when an idiot says “don’t waste your time” and then proceeds to speculate wildly about me. Too stupid to take their own advice, obviously.

          • Just like in Ferguson? Poor procedure? How is asking someone to get out of the road way poor procedure?

            So when these people make poor decisions such as fighting with police, they directly contribute to what happens to them but yet made out to be like they did nothing wrong.

          • Asking someone to get out of the roadway isn’t the issue. Starting a confrontation with a pedestrian by offering him your own car door to use as a weapon is poor procedure and is something only a cop trained in “oh well, if things go bad I can shoot my way out and my badge will protect me from consequences” would do.

            Much like “well, you are in the car and rather than have you get out so I can control the situation and get these cuffs on you I’ll just wing it, because if worst comes to worst we can get away with shooting you.”

        • Crime is down in Palmdale thanks to the deputies, who protect it!! Check the reports. I thank the deputies that work for LASD for the continued life risking job that they do. I applaud them for helping the crime rate come down. I thank their families for supporting them, knowing they may not come home at night. If you want to be a drug dealer, felon, drunk driver, carry guns, etc…then be prepared to face the consequences. Follow the law!! NOT that hard. Simple. Doesn’t matter about your color, race.

          • Crime is down in Palmdale. To suggest that this is “thanks to the deputies” is to suggest that they are somehow doing a BETTER job than they were before. Any suggestions how that might be so?

            If you want to credit the reforms that the feds have forced upon the LACSD in the past couple years, I might buy that. If you want to credit the new sheriff trying to clean up the mess he inherited when he took the job, I might buy that.

            But mostly I think it is due to improving economics. I’m also absolutely certain that roadside executions for drunk drivers is not going to have any positive effect.

          • Pro deputy, may be you should start paying all the lawsuits agaist the LASD, since you applaudand admire them.

        • Tell us all about your experience about working as a law enforcement officer. You seem to be a subject matter expert on how to be a police officer, so let us all know what Department you worked for and how long you did the job. Since you probably have none, you are really just another person on the Internet who really does not know what you are talking about. It’s obvious you don’t like law enforcement. Instead of spouting off on how cops should do their job, why not just make every comment be, ” I don’t like cops.” Blah Blah “I don’t Like Cops.”

          • Hey Sam, how about you point out where a cop is SUPPOSED to get their gun grabbed by a drunk guy while they are putting cuffs on him? How about you explain how this went “exactly according to plan”? It doesn’t take a career in law enforcement to recognize that, hey, DUI arrests aren’t SUPPOSED to end with a dead guy on the pavement.

            Instead of spouting off about how you don’t like how I comment, how about you comment intelligently?

    • everybody is a Monday morning quarterback. Screw this guy, have any of you lost a family member to a drunk driver? maybe if you do one day you will stop feeling sorry for dirtbag drunk drivers.

    • Right for all we know it could’ve been personal use they always try to incriminate someone this [removed] is sickenin what’s killing me is they say he was unconscious why not but thus young man in an ambulance first he could’ve been read his rights and placed under arrest within that time being in the back of the ambulance or at the hospital this just could’ve been handled totally different

  36. Medically speaking according to what the police said he was unconscious when they found him, he was awakened from being unconscious after running into the wall at Taco Bell.
    If this is true he could had quit possibly had a concussion and was startled when he was awaken. The claim is DUI, however no mention of toxicology screen or sobriety testing. No paramedics called. This young man was cuffed and handled. This just smell of unfairness doesn’t matter if he was black he was denied his rights.
    RIP NEPHEW

    • He had a gun and he was drunk out off his mind ain’t no excuse for that people need to stop coming up with excuses and start coming up with solutions because this was his fought I don’t blame the police

      • “He had a gun…in the car…which is not where he was.

        “He was drunk out of his mind”…which you don’t actually know…is not a capital crime in the state of California.

        Bottom line, what we have here is a routine DUI stop, performed poorly, resulting in a dead citizen. The question is, what will the corrective action be?

        • Not routine when he fights with police and grabs for their gun, refuses to let go of it. Apparently you would rather he shot one of them before they shoot him. Sorry folks, they have families too and want to go home to them at then end of the night. He should have let go of the gun. More stupidity with justifying his poor decisions in life instead of accepting the fact that he created the whole scene. The gun and crap in the car is irrelevant to what happened. He was shot for grabbing the officers weapon PERIOD. Good job to the officers!!!!!!!

          • If you carry a gun for a living be responsible about it. No one should be in a position to grab it. And you badge lickers with your “oh he grabbed a gun so it’s okay he is dead” make me sick.

        • He had a gun in his “hand”… which is a “deadly crime” in the state of California… when you’re involved in a fight with the police.

        • Besides all of that this poor guy hVing been in an accident may have verywell been in a state of shock. I agree medical attention should have been given. This guy shouldn’t have even been asked to exit the vehicle until he was given some form of attention by a medic

        • This really wasn’t a DUI stop, he was already stopped before the deputies arrived.

          This was anything but a routine stop!

      • He was not drunk!!. All of this is a lie. An excuse to kill another unarmed man. TACO BELL ISN’T E EN OPEN AROUND THIS TIME, I know I live right here. Since when do they put someone in the back of a car with out cuffing them first. Wow!! ALL LIES!! THE POLICE ARE EXTREMELY SHADY IN ANTELOPE VALLEY

        • Open or not, When you are intoxicated your thoughts are not rational, it could be 11pm in his head, OR if you are passed out at the wheel and slam into a building that doesnt mean he was after a late night muchies from his MJ it means he had ZERO control of the vehicle and taco bell just happened to be what stopped him instead of someone’s life.

        • Driving Under Influence can include drugs not just alcohol.
          Taco Bell drive through is open 24 hours.
          Been in back of cruiser without cuffs a couple of times. It is called being detained, often for safety while investigating. Though if he had been knocked out seems odd place to put him.

        • All the lights were on and someone from Taco Bell called to report him hitting the bulidig didn’t they?

    • Sorry about your lose man! My friends know your people.It’s truly a shame how they treat blacks out here.My prayers goes out to the family that lose there child.

  37. My nephew didn’t deserve this n this injustice need stop i dont care about guns/ marihuana it was not on him but in his vehicle he wasn’t big enough to fight all these officers he was drunk n passed out this was cold blooded murder anyone with something negative to say go to hell with gasoline draws on.

    • It was in his vehicle because he was passed out from the alcohol and maybe marijuana when they apprehended him. Had he been awake that gun may have been used. I think the gun matters in this case a lot more than you think or wish to believe. Always so narrow minded people can be. People that commit mass murders always have family members that say I didn’t see this coming he was such a nice person.

  38. So sad how racism still exist smh some of these comments are [removed] ridiculous 1st off why was he put into the back of the police car without being handcuffed if he was under arrest could’ve totally been handled differently praying for this man’s family and children rest well

  39. His Name is Leroy, NOT “suspect” NOT as they potrayed in article”… A Person deserving of life. My husband’s Luke cousin. A slim scrawny 135 lbs max 5’3″ with shoes on man that was shot 9 times after crashing and being reported unconscious by Taco Bell employees when they called 911. Why was he taken out of of the vehicle? Why was he not cuffed right away and he has a full frontal and back brace from a prior injury, and he was reported unconscious, why was he moved by non medical personnel. For the past 2 mths I was working in the ER and many DUI suspected drivers came in with minor injuries and DUI blood verification done in the ER NOT feild sobriety. How can a previously injured scrawny short man take on 3 police officers??? Resulting in 9 fatal bullets!! What… never heard of a frontal cortex injury that would result in mental derangement??? Was a little man that threatening??? Difference between Canada and USA police force is in Canada they are educated, well trained and encouraged to upholding the peace, not trained with fear and so called “A” type personality. A person sworn to wear a badge and gun to uphold the law is not a judge and should not be trigger happy! I just had this discussion! With the First year respiratory, I pulled up police requirements for Las Vegas and all it is GED or HIGH SCHOOL! Not Baccalaureate or Masters HIGH SCHOOL! Plus they can’t have more than 2 DUIs… What not 1 but 2 DUI but heaven forbid they have a domestic dispute charge that is the only disqualifying factor besides credit. My mothers cousin was a top ranked LVMPD and I am still ashamed for how the police force is set up to fail. I am disgusted even though it was in California…. IDK ranting but this is sick.

    • Until the next of kin was notified when this article was written, It was out of RESPECT they wrote suspect. Also he was a suspect

      noun
      noun: suspect; plural noun: suspects
      ˈsəsˌpekt/

      1.
      a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense.
      “the police have arrested a suspect”
      synonyms: suspected person, accused, defendant
      “a murder suspect”

  40. I know the suspect. He is a prior felon with multiple violent felonies. He also had a gun in his car! Thank you LASD. Glad all the Deputies are safe. Hopefully they can move past this traumatic incident.

    • Its funny you know all that lmao are you sure your not a deputy trying to throw him under the bus.. You really know a lot for it not to be mentioned on the news or this site..

    • AvBornAndRaised THANKS THAT SAYS IT ALL am glad he dint hurt anyone or ran some innocent person over glad it turned out the way it did better than wasting our tax payers money on keeping him in jail sounds bad but sooner or later he had it coming sounds like he was a lost case people like these will never learn..

    • I never knew there was so many ignorant people in the world and now I see your one of them AvBornAndRaised. If this is where u have been all your life then you already know how the police are in the Av. So, unless your KKK like most of them, Or a blind UNCLE TOM. The only other option is just plain IGNORANCE!

    • I totally agree. Sorry he lost his life, but had he NOT been drinking and driving this might not of happened. I am law abiding citizen and have NEVER had a run in with the deputies. Think about that….Follow the laws, no problems. IRONIC!! When someone dies families have to justify their pain by putting blame on someone, not clearly thinking and accepting accountability. Society tends to criticize deputies, but they ALWAYS call them for HELP! I am truly sorry for his family and their pain, but the deputies absolutely did what was best in this situation.

      • Good to know that since you’ve “never had a run in with them” you couldn’t care less if they uphold the law or break it. Tell ya what, I’ve never had a run in with a home invasion robber, so I’d be fine and dandy with one busting your door and gutting you like a deer.

  41. Dam Leroy you will truly be missed we were all just hanging out at a Christmas party enjoying ourselves can’t believe this has happened may you r.I.p

  42. Hopefully there is transparency and fairness in this case and may cooler heads will prevail instead of mob justice.

  43. Wow Ppl can be so ignorant in this day in age its ridiculous it sickings me that Ppl are still so nasty and show they’re true self of racism . when they really wanna be like us. Speak like us and wear our clothes listen 2 our music. Doesn’t matter what color u are or what u did this person lost his life and his family has 2 endure this pain. Maybe their are some good cops but their are a lot of bad ones that lie and kill cause they can. An I guess we should be happy when another cracker bites the dust . shoot up churches etc. And get the chair. But that just shows how evil Ppl are doing the devil work cause he’s always busy and a lot of u carry him in ur hearts on a day 2 day Base’s. Ppl shouldn’t block they’re blessings by being ignorant. R.I.P young man

  44. When are the people of the Antelope Valley going to realize that in situations like this are all a matter of life and death. Policemen, Firemen, Paramedics, all in. any type of Emergency professionals have to make a quick choice when a perpetrator is going to kill that said professional. It’s unfortunate that one would take side of the man who crashed his car into a fast food restaurant, yet call out the officer who had no choice but to save his own life. Sad world we live in. To Mr. Scott, let me guess you are all for having the Syrian refugees moving to our area too. Please quit being a sheep and open your eyes and pay attention to th e dangers that are actually outside your front door. I only hope that if you are ever in a bad situation you don’t turn on the very Police Officer that has saved your life.

    • I’m no sheep, so keep your pants on.

      As to your mindless parroting of nonsense…police face a lower risk of getting killed on the job than garbagemen do, but if my garbageman goes on a killing spree no one is going to jump up and say he “had to.”

      Crashing a car into a fast food restaurant does not, under US law, call for summary execution without trial. Fortunately there aren’t enough fascists to overturn that.

      • He was summarily executed without trial for crashing his car into a restaurant? I’m sure fighting with the cops and grabbing a gun had zero to do with it, it was just the crashing of his car.

        • Those are all subsequent to the crashing of the car. And at least partly the responsibility of other parties. His contribution that he is solely responsible for was crashing the car, his outcome being shot dead.

          Cops routinely play the dangerous game of confrontation because they know that they can shoot their way out without consequences.

          • And those actions are what led to the shooting. They didn’t shoot him for crashing his car, they shot him because he grabbed an officers gun

          • Which if the cop was both properly trained AND gave a damn would never happen. I believe they are properly trained. I also believe our local deputies operate from a very unhealthy dose of “if I make a mistake I can just shoot my way out of it and there won’t be any consequences, so no big deal.”

    • Gigi, maybe if cops would not be getting sent to jail for lieing and tampering with evidence, people would be siding with the cops. The cops themselves have created this mistrust from the public. Until they clean their bad cops, nothing is going to change.

      • It isn’t just the ones who somehow get caught. I sat and watched a cop perjure himself to make a traffic ticket stick, which I really didn’t expect. I just thought that committing perjury was a big enough thing that no one would do it over such a trivial matter.

        Afterwards, I told more than a few people the story. EVERY time these people, who are certainly more supportive of law enforcement than me and represent a pretty wide selection of normal, law abiding, mostly conservative Republican, solid folks just looked at me like I was some kind of idiot. “Of COURSE they would commit perjury to make a traffic ticket stick. They do that all the time. EVERYBODY knows that!”

        I even told my deputy friend. I won’t quote him, but suffice to say he wasn’t surprised either. Neither was the Captain, it seemed, though he was diplomatically circumspect about it.

  45. Just reading the comments here reassures me that racism is alive and well in the AV. And to the misinformed ignorant people that believe Africa (THE LAND THAT A PEOPLE WERE STOLEN FROM) is so filthy and dirty, u need to do more research. U might learn something and exhibit a LOT less ignorance. Be blessed.

  46. It’s a shame when folks demean, pass judgement and glorify the killing of anyone.. yet I’m sure you guys are the same folks sitting in church on Sundays, at the kids sports games on Saturday, working 9-5 jobs, appearing to be the normal Christian American yet your a devil, evil and hateful of what doesn’t look like you, act like you or relate to the world as you do. But I’m not mad at your kind in that I’m sure you had this hatred and intolerance passed down to you by your parents as I’m sure you’ll hand it down to your children and their children.

  47. All he had to do is let the cops cuff him.. He’d be in county jail right now sober and alive… But no he wanted to fight men with guns… Stupid!!

  48. If this story is true, he was guilty of DUI and resisting arrest and some monetary damage charges. Last i checked, the penalty for these three charges is not death. Maybe the officers should have been better trained than to allow a drunk man who was passed out when they arrived to have access to their gun. Like maybe handcuff him while he was still passed out and administer a breathalizer to verify the DUI. At the very least, a baton or surely a stun gun would have subdued him and allow him to face proper penalties for his crimes.

    • There are plenty of people who desperately want to believe that cops never lie. Then there are people who are fully aware that they do. I’ve seen a deputy commit perjury to make a traffic ticket stick. Do you think a man with such a loose connection to telling the truth would suddenly grow a conscience just because it was a matter of life and death?

  50. I’m so disappointed in our resident “defender of all things criminal,” Timmy Scott. It took him a whole 22 minutes to arrive! We’re sorry Timmy, when you wrestle with the cops and touch their firearm, you give up your right to trial. Again, thanks LASD.

    • I’m neither disappointed nor surprised at you Cleo. Fans of fascism are so commonplace that you can’t be surprised, just disgusted.

  52. The penalty for trying to take a cop’s gun is immediate execution. Don’t try to take a cop’s gun and you will live to get out of jail, simple.

  53. Why was the guy placed in the back seat before he was handcuffed? Of all the places to be putting cuffs on someone, I’ve never heard of “in the backseat of the car” being used. Looks like another case of “bad procedure but all’s well that ends well since we got to shoot someone.”