BREAKING Mistrial declared after civil suit filed against 2 LASD deputies accused of shooting East LA man 13 times in back
It's been nearly a year since Anthony Vargas was shot and killed following an encounter with two East Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies.A mistrial was declared Tuesday in a civil case involving two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies whoAnthony Vargas was returning home from a party when he was encountered by Deputies Jonathon Rojas and Nikolis Perez and shot on Aug. 12, 2018.
According to Sheriff's Department, the deputies were summoned to the Nueva Maravilla housing complex following a robbery. They responded to the scene and saw Vargas walking through the apartment courtyard, and he allegedly he ran away from them. When the deputies moved to detain Vargas, authorities said, a fight broke out and the 21-year-old grabbed a gun from his waistband.Vargas was pronounced dead at the scene.
An attorney for Vargas' family, Humberto Guizar, said one of the issues that contributed to the jurors' decision was the gun that was found after the confrontation. The family's attorneys have argued that the gun was planted by authorities after Vargas was shot.Copyright © 2023 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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