Teen's Mistaken Shooting Shows Real Danger Of Toy Guns, LAPD Says
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Jamar Nicholson Source: www.latimes.com |
The walk to school often took Jamar Nicholson and his friends through an alley off Florence Avenue in South Los Angeles. The teenagers' laughter had become a familiar sound during morning routines, neighbors said.
Tuesday began no differently. Jamar said he and his friends were in the alley about 7:40 a.m. when he heard a man's voice yell "Freeze!" He turned toward the man — a plainclothes officer — and saw a gun. The next thing he knew, he was on the ground with a bullet in his back.
Jamar, 15, said he was taken to a hospital, handcuffed to a gurney, and patched up. As he was released — the bullet still in him — a Los Angeles police detective approached.
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