HUNTINGTON PARK — Authorities released audio and video Monday related to last month’s fatal police shooting of a stabbing suspect near Los Angeles, while the man who was stabbed said the attack was random and that he initially thought he’d only been punched before realizing he was bleeding.
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The stabbing victim was interviewed by Fox 11 in a hospital room where he was continuing his recovery following the Jan. 26 attack by a man using a wheelchair in the city of Huntington Park.
The Huntington Park Police Department released 911 calls related to the stabbing along with surveillance video of the moments before responding officers opened fire on the suspect who they said had threatened them with a large knife. The suspect, later identified as Anthony Lowe, was shot in the upper torso and died at the scene.
Police Chief Cosme Lozano said his agency is cooperating with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is leading the investigation into the shooting.
“I emphasize that by releasing the video and audio recordings, it is with the goal of advancing full disclosure and transparency of the events that transpired from beginning to end,” Lozano said during a news conference.
The victim, a warehouse worker and father of four, asked that he only be identified by his first name, Ramiro, the news station said.
Ramiro described a random attack on a sidewalk in which, for a moment, he believed he had only been punched and then realized his wound was far worse.
Ramiro said he was crossing a street when he spotted a man with both legs amputated at the knees get off his wheelchair. Ramiro said the man asked him if he was alright.
“I turn and look him, and I go, ‘Yes,’” Ramiro said. “And at that time, he just punched me.”
Ramiro said he hadn’t initially…
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