Killing of Yong Yang
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Attack type | Police shooting |
| Weapons | Handgun |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Victim | Yong Yang |
| Perpetrators | Los Angeles Police Department |
On May 2, 2024, Los Angeles Police Department officer Andres Lopez shot and killed Yong Yang, 40, inside his parents' apartment in Koreatown, Los Angeles.[1] Yang’s family had earlier asked the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health to send help for mental evaluation and possibly helping transporting to Hospital for treatment.[2] A clinician, Yoon Soo-Tae, arrived and within few minutes called 911.[3]
Incident
According to the LAPD Critical Incident Video (NRF024-24), officers entered Yang’s apartment at 422½ South Gramercy Place using a key provided by family members. Within seconds, Lopez fired several rounds between 11:58:02 and 11:58:04 a.m., hitting Yang, who was holding a kitchen knife. LAFD arrived 8 and half minutes later and pronounced him dead at 12:12 p.m.[4]
Autopsy
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s report (Case No. 2024-07294) found four gunshot wounds: to the left chest, upper abdomen, left abdomen, and left forearm. The fatal injuries involved the heart, lungs, and aorta.[5]
Investigations
The case was reviewed by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Force Investigation Division as Officer-Involved Shooting 024-24. In February 2025, the Chief of Police presented the findings to the Use of Force Review Board, which determined that tactics, firearm drawing, and use of lethal force were within policy.[6]
At its meeting on April 8, 2025, the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners adopted those findings in closed session. The votes were 5–0 on tactics, 3–2 on drawing and exhibition of a firearm, and 3–2 on lethal use of force.[7]
Community organizations and Asian American advocacy groups held meetings and vigils following the board’s decision.[8][9]
A July 2024 analysis by the Los Angeles Times discussed Yang’s death within a broader review of LAPD shootings involving people holding knives or similar weapons.[10][11]
Civil litigation
Yang’s parents, Min Yang and Myung Sook Yang, filed a wrongful-death and civil-rights lawsuit on September 24, 2024, against the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, Officer Lopez, Sergeant Araceli Ruvalcaba-Guerrero, the County of Los Angeles, the Department of Mental Health, and clinician Yoon Soo-Tae.[12] The complaint alleges improper handling of a mental-health call and violations of civil rights. As of November 2025, the case remains pending with a jury trial scheduled for October 13, 2026.[13][14]
See also
- Police use of deadly force in the United States
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
References
- ↑ "LAPD officers fatally shoot reportedly armed man in Koreatown". CBS News Los Angeles. May 3, 2024.
- ↑ "Family says they called Dept. of Mental Health for help with son before police fatally shot him in Koreatown". ABC7 Los Angeles. May 3, 2024.
- ↑ "Parents called for mental-health help. Police arrived and fatally shot their son". NBC News. May 5, 2024.
- ↑ "LAPD officers kill mentally ill man in Koreatown". Los Angeles Times. May 10, 2024.
- ↑ Autopsy Report No. 2024-07294, Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, May 2024.
- ↑ "LAPD Police Commission votes Koreatown shooting was within policy". Los Angeles Times. April 10, 2025.
- ↑ Sarah E. Bell (April 8, 2025). "Board of Police Commissioners Closed Session Findings – Officer-Involved Shooting 024-24" (Press release). Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners.
- ↑ "AAPI community holds town hall in response to LAPD killing of Yong Yang". LAist. June 2024.
- ↑ "L.A. family, county clinicians say mental-health crisis still ended tragically". LAist. June 2024.
- ↑ "Analysis: LAPD edged-weapon shootings show troubling pattern". Los Angeles Times. July 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Análisis: Los tiroteos de LAPD con armas blancas muestran patrón preocupante". Los Angeles Times (español). July 9, 2024.
- ↑ "Yang v. City of Los Angeles et al". Los Angeles County Superior Court. September 24, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Korean American community outraged by LAPD's justification of Yong Yang's shooting". Korea Daily US. April 2025.
- ↑ "Police should reveal the truth of Yong Yang's death". Korea Daily US. May 2024.
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