Crime & Safety

Photos: LAPD Shoots Echo Park Man--Aftermath and Investigation

A Patch reader uploads these images shot just in the minutes and hours after David "Dizzy" Martinez is shot by LAPD officers.

 

Like most of Echo Park, we've been carefully following the March 19 shooting that left Echo Park resident David Martinez in the hospital.

Many details about the incident remain unclear.

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The LAPD did release a statement saying no weapon was found near Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard where the shooting happened.

The statement also says that officers were the ones who "initiated contact" with Martinez, in response to a call to the division.

Find out what's happening in Echo Park-Silver Lakefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

A Patch reader uploaded the above images, during the minutes and hours just after the shooting.

Tell us what you think about them in comments.

NOTE: An earlier version of this story referred to the injured man as Daniel Martinez. We regret the error.

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