Teen girl who died from gunshot wound after grabbing LA officer’s gun identified

Attorney hired by family casts doubt on department’s claim that girl disarmed deputy, and will conduct investigation

Authorities have identified the teenage girl who died of a gunshot wound inside a Los Angeles county sheriff’s station as 17-year-old Johanna González, according to the county medical examiner, who has classified her death as a suicide.

Deputies were called to a home in the City of Industry, a small city 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, on 25 March for a teen allegedly having a mental health crisis. By the time they arrived, González, who was being fostered by her aunt and uncle, had already left.