Los Angeles Police Shoot Suspect Who Raised Replica Rifle Toward Officers

(Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Los Angeles, California On August 12, 2023, at around 8:17 p. m., Olympic Area uniformed patrol officers responded to a radio call of a Man with a Gun inside the convenience store, located at the 3400 block of West 6th Street. Upon arrival the suspect, later identified as 35yearold, Taylor Dean Sanders, had left the location. At around 9:19 p. m., officers who were canvassing the area, observed Sanders on the south sidewalk of Wilshire Boulevard west of Kenmore Avenue, carrying what appeared to be a black assault rifle. As officers issued verbal commands to Sanders, he raised the rifle in the direction of the officers resulting in an OfficerInvolved Shooting (OIS). Officers broadcast a Help Call, as Sanders fled the location on foot. Responding uniform officers from Rampart and Olympic Division observed Sanders walking south on Vermont Avenue from Wilshire Boulevard. Officers began to follow Sand