An LAPD officer who was recorded on body-camera video telling colleagues “happy hunting” before SWAT officers shot and killed a man last May has received a two-day suspension following an internal investigation, according to LAPD disciplinary records.
The newly released records obtained by the Los Angeles Times identified the officer by his rank—police officer 3—but don’t name him, due to state privacy laws.
The SWAT officer made the remark while preparing with other officers to surround a man named Leron James, who was armed with a handgun and had barricaded himself inside an apartment building. Police said the 54-year-old man fired down from a window and the officers returned fire, killing him….