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    Los Angeles DA Gascón declines to prosecute deputies in high-profile shootings of teens

    by James Queally and Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times Apr 15, 2023 5 minutes
    Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is photographed at his office in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2022.

    LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Friday he would not prosecute sheriff’s deputies who shot teenagers in two separate killings that drew widespread protests in South L.A. in recent years.

    The deputies who gunned down 16-year-old Anthony Weber and 18-year-old Andres Guardado will not face criminal charges in either slaying, according to documents the district attorney’s office made public Friday. In both cases, deputies claimed they saw the teens reaching for weapons, but in one case no gun was recovered and in the other the teen never pointed it at authorities.

    Gascón swept into office in 2020 on a promise of police accountability and has filed charges or won indictments against police officers in at least seven on-duty deaths since he was elected, something that happened just twice in the prior two decades. But Friday’s news still drew swift condemnation from activists who often protest against police

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