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Three California Cops Shot, Two Dead; Suspect Still at Large

A California man with mental issues who told his father that he wanted to shoot cops killed two cops and wounded a third before disappearing in Palm Springs Saturday afternoon.
The shooting took place at 5 p.m. ET and the killer was still at large at 7:50 p.m.
Palm Springs police said they were responding to a case of “domestic abuse” when the man opened fire on them.
The man who called police, Frank Serrano, lives across the street from where the shooting took place.

WATCH: Los Angeles Deputies Caught on Video Conspiring to Fabricate Citations on Man after Threatening to Kill him

“Do not fucking reach!” an enraged Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy shouted after pulling out his gun on a licensed private investigator sitting in his car in a residential neighborhood working on a case.
But all Ken Sheppard was doing was reaching towards his ear to remove his cell phone ear piece in order to better hear the deputy.
However, that was enough to make deputy Tai Plunkett fear for his life where he kept the gun pointed at Sheppard’s head with trembling hands in a surreal scene seemingly out of a movie.

WATCH: LAPD Releases Video Footage from Carnell Snell Police Shooting Showing him Holding Gun

Los Angeles police released surveillance video from the moments before they shot and killed an 18-year-old man Saturday, showing him wielding a gun.
However, the video does not capture the actual shooting of Carnell Snell, Jr., one of four police shooting deaths in Southern California within a week that sparked protests.
And the word on the street is that Snell ditched the gun as he was being chased.

Southern California Cops Kill Four Men in Six Days, Community on Edge

Los Angeles police officers dressed in riot gear took to the streets Sunday night after the fatal shooting of 18-year old Carnell “CJ” Snell, Jr. on Saturday, who was the third black man shot by police in Southern California in just five days.
Another man was shot by LAPD in the same area on Sunday, raising that total to four in six days.
The other shooting deaths took place in Pasadena and in El Cajon last week, cities in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties, which drew several protests.

California Man Calls Cops for Help; Pasadena Cops Show up and Kill him

In what has become a daily theme, a bipolar California man called police for help early Friday morning, only for Pasadena police to show up and kill him.
The man has been identified as Reginald Thomas, who was having a mental episode, but when police showed up, he refused to drop a knife and a fire extinguisher.
That promoted police to taser him twice, then strike him several times with their batons and repeatedly kick him until he died.