LAPD investigate high-speed chase after officers fire 90 rounds at teen driver

At one point Mr Arian cut across several lanes, jumped out of the car and
started sprinting backwards down the freeway. As he ran, facing police, he
extended both hands and clasped them together. The scene was captured by a
CBS Sky 2 news helicopter.

Then the man started walking towards his vehicle and assumed what police
called “a shooting stance”. He waved what appeared to be a weapon,
but was later confirmed to be his cell phone.

Eight LAPD officers opened fire, killing him.

The Arian family watched the dramatic car chase as it was happening on
television. The man’s uncle Hamed Arian told the Los Angeles Times he
thought his nephew acted erratically because he was afraid.

It emerged that the driver made a desperate 911 call during the pursuit. The
LAPD released a partial transcript of the call, in which he claimed to have
a gun and threatened to use it on police.

“I have been arrested before for possession of destructive devices, I’m
not afraid of the cops,” Mr Arian told the dispatcher. “If they
pull their guns, I’m going to have to pull my gun out on them.”

The dispatcher told Mr Arian to surrender to police so he doesn’t get hurt, to
which he responded that it would be police who “are going to get hurt”.

No weapon was found at the site of the shooting.

The man’s uncle said his nephew wanted to be a police officer. He took part in
the LAPD explorer academy, police confirmed, but was expelled before
graduating for “unspecified disciplinary reasons”.

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