U.S. Marshals: Man Killed In Skid Row Police Shooting Had Warrant Out For Arrest
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — U.S. Marshals say the man fatally shot Sunday by police on Skid Row had a warrant out for his arrest for violating his probation.
LAPD officers fired on the man around noon Sunday near the Union Rescue Mission, 545 S. San Pedro St., during a confrontation captured on video, during which officers say he went for one of their guns.
Court papers obtained by CBS2 News show the shooting victim, who had assumed the name Charley Robinet, according to the Associated Press, was convicted of armed bank robbery in Thousand Oaks in 2000 and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Federal authorities say the warrant was issued in January after he didn't submit his monthly report to his probation officer after his release in spring.
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While serving time in federal lockup, documents show, authorities filed a petition to determine his mental condition, stating he was "in need of hospitalization in a suitable psychiatric facility."
That petition was withdrawn months later and he voluntarily agreed to hospitalization and treatment. The final records are sealed.
A French official meanwhile told the AP Tuesday Robinet had stolen the identity of a French citizen and was living under an assumed name.
Axel Cruau, the consul general for France in Los Angeles, says 39-year-old Robinet applied for a French passport in the late 1990s to come to the United States to pursue a career in acting.
When he was convicted of bank robbery in 2000, the consulate initially provided him with the support they would give any other citizen. Cruau says officials ultimately realized Robinet is not French and the real Charley Robinet is still living in France.
A law enforcement official identified Robinet as the man killed in a scuffle with police. The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Robinet was finally released May 12, 2014 and ended up on the streets in Skid Row until the deadly confrontation with police.
Court papers from September 2013 obtained by CBS2/KCAL9 show a special condition of his release was to participate in a re-entry center program because "Mr. Robinet does not have a release address and has no other options for shelter."
Hundreds of people meanwhile marched Tuesday through downtown Los Angeles to LAPD headquarters, vocalizing at the Police Commission meeting their frustration with the officers' actions in the fatal shooting.
The LAPD's investigation is ongoing.
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