Analysis: LAPD SWAT team under investigation after shoot-out death of toddler

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MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
07-22-2005
Analysis: LAPD SWAT team under investigation after shoot-out death of toddler

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

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In Los Angeles, investigators are looking into a recent shoot-out that claimed the life of a toddler. The LAPD acknowledges that one of its SWAT officers accidentally shot the child who allegedly was being used as a human shield by her father. As NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports, the incident is a black mark on the city's SWAT team, which was the first police unit of its kind in the world.

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