Police have shot dead an black man in the US capital Washington in the latest of a slew of police killings of black men and women that has sparked uproar.
Police shot dead an African-American man in the US capital Washington on Wednesday, the police said, in the latest of a slew of police killings of black men and women that has sparked nationwide uproar. READ| Joe Biden says Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake should be charged The man, said to be aged 18, was shot in the southeast of the city as officers were following up on a tip about guns allegedly stashed in a vehicle. « When they approached the vehicle, some of the folks of the vehicle fled on foot. One of the officers discharged their firearm, » Washington police chief Peter Newsham told a news conference.
