{"id":257984,"date":"2026-04-08T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257984\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:59:10","slug":"lapd-releases-bodycam-video-weeks-after-police-shot-killed-armed-robbery-suspect-at-7-eleven-in-harbor-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257984\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD releases bodycam video weeks after police shot, killed armed robbery suspect at 7-Eleven in Harbor Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARBOR GATEWAY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A month after Los Angeles police shot and killed an armed robbery suspect<\/a> at a 7-Eleven in Harbor Gateway, the LAPD on Monday released body camera video of the confrontation.<\/p>\n

Officers responded at 11:15 p.m. on March 7 to a radio call of a robbery in progress at the convenience store, located at 15300 South Figueroa Street, just west of the 110 Freeway, authorities said in a news release.<\/p>\n

According to the LAPD, police arrived to find the suspect, 53-year-old Cynthia Anne Ivie Akers, standing behind the 7-Eleven’s front counter.<\/p>\n

A robbery at a 7-Eleven in Harbor Gateway turned deadly after LAPD says officers were confronted by an armed suspect.<\/p>\n

“The officers issued multiple verbal commands to gain Akers’ compliance; however, those commands were disregarded,” the police statement said. “Akers then suddenly moved toward the counter, removed a handgun from a zippered bag, and pointed it in the direction of the officers, resulting in an Officer-Involved Shooting.”<\/p>\n

Akers was struck by gunfire and taken into custody.<\/p>\n

“The officers immediately rendered medical aid and requested the response of the Los Angeles Fire Department,” who responded to the scene and pronounced the woman deceased, the LAPD said.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the weapon in Akers’ possession was determined to be a pellet gun. It was recovered and booked as evidence.<\/p>\n

No one else was injured in the confrontation.<\/p>\n

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