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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who was videotaped running at police following a car chase was fatally shot when an officer apparently mistook an item he was holding for a gun, authorities said Wednesday.
Joseph Scott Spidell, 45, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Officers later discovered he had been holding a socket used to remove spark plugs, police Lt. Paul Vernon said.
Police tried to stop a truck that was moving erratically Tuesday in Van Nuys, but the driver fled and led police on a short chase, Vernon said.
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