A man views a memorial for a man killed by police on skid row in Los Angeles, California, March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a homeless skid-row robbery suspect who grabbed at an officer's gun during a scuffle as they tried to subdue him in a confrontation captured on video, police said on Monday.
The man, known by the street name Africa, had been living for weeks in a tent outside the Union Rescue Mission building where Sunday's shooting occurred and had a history of violent, erratic behaviour, the mission's director said.
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