Family Members Of "Donnell Thompson" Want Answers After An L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Mistook Him For A Carjacking Suspect & Fatally Shot Him!

Instances of mistaken identity can many times have bad consequences, and in the case of Donnell Thompson it was a fatal error. The 27-year-old black man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on July 28. Thompson was mistaken for a carjacker as another man — Robert Alexander, who stole a Honda Civic at gunpoint — fired shots at sheriff’s deputies in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, according to the Los Angeles Times. While searching for a suspect, authorities found Thompson and mistakenly identified him as the car thief before shooting him dead. Alexander, 32, was ultimately arrested after two different chases in two different stolen cars. The Sheriff’s department admitted Tuesday that Thompson, who attended classes at El Camino College in nearby Torrance, had nothing to do with the crime. R.I.P. Donnell Thompson Jr. Posted By Persist