The 18-year-old was shot to death by Los Angeles Sheriff's officers in Gardena
As family and acquaintances of the young Hispanic man shot to death Thursday by Los Angeles Sheriff's officers wait for responses, from authorities, A protest march has been announced this Sunday in the area where the shooting occurred.
The death of Andrés Guardado, 18 years old, has outraged the Gardena community, a city in South Los Angeles, having many unanswered questions and suspicions that the police action was not correct.
The Los Angeles Sheriff said Thursday, after the fatal shooting outside a tin shop in Gardena, that Guardado showed a gun, but no further details were given.
However, witnesses and neighbors assured that the young man who worked as a security guard had a clean record, that he had two jobs and that he was a student. Even, Evidence emerged that he was repeatedly shot while on his back. in an alley located between workshops.
The Youth Justice Coalition organization has called the protest march starting at 2 pm on Sunday to demand justice for Andrés Guardado. The march is organized by Unión del Barrio and Guardado's family.
The march will begin at 414 Redondo Beach Blvd, the place where Guardado died, and will conclude at the Sheriff's Station in Compton, where, says the statement, "his killers work."
Andres Guardado's mother speaking at today's vigil. Andres was 18 when #Compton Sheriffs murdered him yesterday. Shooting him in the back 7 times! Police terrorism has no place in our city. We need action! Another family mourns, yet police continue to be funded in our community. pic.twitter.com/v7jy0rKkHG
– Compton Tenants Union (@comptontenants) June 20, 2020
A GoFundMe page It was started to support with money for funerals. Another page It was created and it was said that the funds collected in both will be given to the family.
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