Homicide Report > Ronald Ball, 60
Ronald Ball, 60
Died May 19, 2007 at 8:52 a.m.
Ronald Ball, 60, a black man, was shot by LAPD Newton narcotics officers who were in plain clothes and driving a plain van, during a confrontation near the intersection of 32nd Street and Broadway just south of downtown Los Angeles. He died at 8:52 a.m. Saturday, May 19.
The police said narcotics officers working surveillance spotted a group of about five people, both black and Latino, making a drug transaction. The officers got out and detained two suspects in handcuffs. Ball ran away and was chased by Det. Eric Armstrong, 34, a veteran of 10 years. Ball got underneath a car. Armstrong got down on the ground, reached in, and began pulling him out. Ball pulled out a gun, and Armstrong shot him. Ball died at the scene. The location is within a few blocks of another deadly shooting by police earlier this year.
- Neighborhood: Historic South-Central
- Age: 60
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Saturday
- Agency: LAPD Criminal Investigation
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Circumstance: Officer-involved
- Crime scene: Public place
Four reader comments about Ronald Ball
sounds kinda fishy to me
June 11, 2010 at 2:25 p.m.
Another cop that gets away with murder.
Sept. 24, 2010 at 2:46 p.m.
"Ball pulled out a gun, and Armstrong shot him."
"The BOPC found Officer B’s use of lethal force to be in policy."
Sorry Jag, but the facts do not warrant your conclusions.
Sept. 24, 2010 at 3:55 p.m.
LAPD!Looking more and more like the Mexicos police Force,does not suprise me one bit.
Feb. 23, 2011 at 9:09 a.m.
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