Los Angeles Police killed a possibly homeless man, yesterday, according to an official statement issued by LAPD, which followed the publication of the scene on the internet.

The video, uploaded on Facebook, shows a violent altercation between a man and many an officer in the Skid Row ghetto.

Police explain that the man became the target of the takedown after he tried to grab an officer’s weapon during a verbal back-and-forth.

The police officers on the scene, were answering a call for a burglary, when they apprehended the man, who started trying to fight back.

Below is the shocking video: