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Criminal

Sep. 14, 2002

Victim's Mom Testifies He Wasn't Wielding Knife

LOS ANGELES - Taking the witness stand in a wheelchair, the 89-year-old mother of an El Monte man shot and killed by police testified Thursday that her son was empty-handed when the fatal bullet was fired, not wielding a knife as an officer had testified earlier.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Taking the witness stand in a wheelchair, the 89-year-old mother of an El Monte man shot and killed by police testified Thursday that her son was empty-handed when the fatal bullet was fired, not wielding a knife as an officer had testified earlier.
        Clarissa Rily said the onl...

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