Handcuffed California Teen Shot While in Police Custody

By Jacob Rascon and Stephanie Miranda, NBC Los Angeles

Handcuffed California Teen Shot While in Police Custody

January 1, 2013 Updated Jan 1, 2013 at 10:46 AM PDT

A Southern California teenager who was fatally shot while handcuffed by police last Wednesday was armed during the incident, a police spokesperson said Monday.

The suspect, later identified as Lamon Khiry Haslip, 18, died Friday night.

Haslip’s friends and neighbors, including Pastor Caleb Henderson, have admitted that Haslip was a gang member, but contest the way in which he was killed.

"No one should be shot, handcuffed with hands behind their back," Henderson said.

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