Homicide Report > Jamar Witherspoon, 18
Jamar Witherspoon, 18
Died May 28, 2007 at 11:46 p.m.
Jamar Witherspoon, 18, a black young man, was shot by a LAPD Southeast Division gang officer Jeff Bright, 35, near the intersection of 89th and Main Streets in South Los Angeles and died at 11:46 p.m. Monday, May 28.
The shooting happened just east of the Harbor Freeway south of Manchester Boulevard at about 11:15 p.m. According to police, the officers had been called to a shooting at 94th and Main streets. While they were investigating, a second shooting call came from near 89th and Main.
The officers went there and spotted Witherspoon riding on the handlebars of a small motorcycle driven by another man. Police said Witherspoon ran when he saw the officers and jumped a fence. He ran toward Bright, who, with his partner, had come to assist the other officers.
Police said Bright saw that Witherspoon had a .45 caliber handgun in his waistband, and shot him. He was transported to California Hospital where he died, they said. The handgun was recovered.
- Neighborhood: Broadway-Manchester
- Age: 18
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Monday
- Agency: LAPD Criminal Investigation
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Circumstance: Officer-involved
- Crime scene: Public place
One reader comment about Jamar Witherspoon
So the police killed the suspect because he had a gun in his waistband?
Sept. 24, 2010 at 2:50 p.m.
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