Attorney Carl Douglas Says Dijon Kizzee Sustained 15 Gunshot Wounds

Dijon Kizzee, 29, was stopped by two South Los Angeles deputies for riding his bike on the wrong side of the street last month. An independent autopsy shows he was shot 15 times, and his family is disputing police reports that he pointed a gun at deputies.

“He did not die instantly, he was writhing on the ground in pain when officers opened up on him,” Douglas said.

“You can tell by the audio of the shooting that there were three or four shots, and then a pause, and 15 additional shots.”

LASD investigators looking into the fatal shooting said last week that Kizzee picked up a gun he had dropped before two deputies fired 19 rounds.

“He was shot 19 times and I can care less what Sheriff Villanueva said seeking to justify that lack of humanity,” Douglas said in response. “Nineteen times of firing into a man’s body says to me that there’s been poor training.”

A drawing of the preliminary results of the autopsy shows two grazing wounds, one in the back of Kizzee’s head and one in his left shoulder blade.

Those types of wounds indicate that an individual was shot while lying on the ground, according to Laist.

LASD said it had no comment regarding the private autopsy results.