Dijon Kizzee

Again blasting the sheriff’s department’s contention that a 29-year-old man was fatally shot while pointing a gun at deputies in Westmont, attorneys for the man’s family said Tuesday an independent autopsy shows he was shot repeatedly while “writhing on the ground in pain.” Dijon Kizzee was shot Aug. 31 by two sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff Alex Villanueva last week released...

A family autopsy shows that Kizzee was shot 19 times by deputies, the family’s lawyer says. Kim Tobin reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.

The family of Dijon Kizzee called for justice after an independent autopsy found that he was shot while on the ground. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department said in a news conference that Dijon Kizzee reached for a weapon before he was shot. Chuck Henry reports Sept. 17, 2020.

Dismissing the sheriff’s department release of videos and information surrounding the Westmont shooting of Dijon Kizzee by two deputies as a “media-driven sideshow,” an attorney for Kizzee’s family said Friday the man’s killing was nothing short of “an execution.”

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigator said Thursday that Dijon Kizzee picked up a loaded pistol that had fallen to the ground just before deputies fatally shot the 29-year-old man last month in the Westmont area. “At one point, Kizzee’s pistol drops to the ground, he bends over, reaches, picks up the gun and is shot while he stands with the gun...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials are revealing more about what they say compelled deputies to fatally shoot Dijon Kizzee last month. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Thursday showed photos of what’s been seized over the last four nights of protests from 37 protesters arrested after the shooting death of Dijon Kizzee last week. “All of these things were seized right here in front of the station,” he said. “The shouting, the yelling, the antics from disruptive groups that are…

The family of Dijon Kizzee, who was fatally shot Aug. 31 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies near South Los Angeles, is calling on the LA County coroner to override a security hold placed on the Kizzee’s autopsy by Sheriff Alex Villanueva. The family is also calling for the names of the deputies who shot Kizzee and the specific...

As protests continue in the community where LA Sheriff’s deputies killed Dijon Kizzee, now comes a dispute between activists and LA County’s Sheriff over who deserves to be in the streets. Beverly White reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

A protest outside the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station that was declared an unlawful assembly ended with 17 people being arrested, authorities said Wednesday morning. The unlawful assembly order was issued about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Those arrested are all facing charges for failing to disperse. This was...

Protesters and sheriff’s deputies clashed once again in another night of demonstrations in South LA. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.  

Deputies arrested 12 protesters during a demonstration at the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station to protest the fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee by deputies in the Westmont area, authorities said Monday. The 12 were arrested on suspicion of failing to leave an unlawful assembly, said Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Two of the 12…

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was at the scene to discuss his deputies’ actions in the face of protests. Beverly White reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020.

Sheriff’s deputies fired chemical irritants at demonstrators who gathered in front of the South Los Angeles sheriff’s station to protest last week’s fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee by deputies in the Westmont area, witnesses said. The Black Lives Matter protest at 1310 W. Imperial Highway began at 4 p.m. Saturday and quickly swelled to about 200-300 people, as friends,...

Demonstrators were scheduled to gather in front of the South Los Angeles sheriff’s station Saturday afternoon to protest this week’s fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee by deputies in the Westmont area. The protest at 1310 W. Imperial Highway is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., according to Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. A post on BLMLA’s Twitter account calls...

The head of LA County’s Office of Inspector General said Thursday that the Sheriff’s Department did not allow independent observation at the autopsy of Dijon Kizzee, who was shot to death by two deputies after a confrontation on a sidewalk in Westmont Monday afternoon. Inspector General Max Huntsman, who’s repeatedly complained publicly that Sheriff’s officials have failed to cooperate...

The inspector general told the sheriff’s oversight board he’d been locked out, and the sheriff responded. Eric Leonard reports Sept. 4, 2020.

The Los Angeles County Inspector General and the FBI are reviewing the deadly deputy shooting of Dijon Kizzee to determine whether lethal force was justified, said Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Thursday. Kizzee, 29, was fatally shot about 3:15 p.m. Monday during a confrontation with deputies near West 109th Place and South Budlong Avenue. “Unfortunately there were people…