Police Kill Wrong Man in Armed Robbery: Investigators

Downey officers responded to a call of an armed robbery near Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard
By Scott Weber
NBC Los Angeles
Oct. 24, 2011

A father of four was shot and killed by police in a case of mistaken identity following an armed robbery in Downey, investigators said Sunday.

The Los Angeles County sheriff's department said Michael Nida, 31, was most likely not the robbery suspect Downey police were searching for following an armed robbery near Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard around 7:20 p.m. Saturday.

"Officers were responding to a robbery of a citizen on the street, '' Downey police Sgt. Perry Miller. "When they saw two suspects matching their descriptions, a pursuit started."

[...] "My brother and his wife were getting gas. He went across the street to get some cigarettes," Terri Teramura said. "He jaywalked, I guess. And the police saw him. Confronted him. I don't know what happened, but they shot him ... in the back. Five times. Killed him."