Family of unarmed Latino man killed by Long Beach police want federal probe

*With all the attention going to the events in Baltimore, this incident has gone mostly unnoticed. It happened on April 21, and police say they believed 19 year-old Hector Morejon was armed. VL

By Veronica Rocha, The Los Angeles Times

The family of an unarmed man fatally shot by Long Beach police is calling for an independent investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the killing.

Hector Morejon, 19, was shot and killed Thursday by a Long Beach police officer after the officer believed he was pointing a gun at him during a trespassing and vandalism incident.

Morejon’s family issued a statement Saturday demanding that the city and department suspend the officer, as well as provide his name and badge number.

Morejon’s family also is requesting that the U.S. Department of Justice conduct a criminal investigation “to determine how and why an unarmed teenage kid was killed.”

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