Call for probe after Los Angeles police kill homeless man

US civil rights leaders are calling for an independent investigation into the fatal police shooting of a homeless man.

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable president Earl Ofari Hutchinson has asked governor Jerry Brown to appoint a special investigator to examine the killing in the city’s Skid Row area. Police said a man identified as “Africa” was shot while grabbing for an officer’s gun during a struggle.

The shooting was captured on video by a witness and has been viewed more than six million times after being posted on Facebook. Hutchinson said he and other civil rights leaders want an impartial, transparent and speedy investigation to determine if the shooting was a crime.