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Los Angeles – LAPD shot and critically injured a man who flagged them down after he raised an arm he had wrapped in a towel toward officers Friday in Los Feliz, police said.

Police said officers thought the man had a gun but turned out to be unarmed.

The man flagged down officers about 6:35 p.m. at Los Feliz Boulevard and Tica Drive south of Griffith Park, according to a police account. The mans name and the reason he flagged down police have not been released by LAPD

“This person extended an arm wrapped in a towel. The officer exited the vehicle and said, ‘Drop the gun, drop the gun,’” LAPD Lt. John Jenal said.

At that point at least one officer shot the man, officials say. He was taken to a hospital where he was listed in critical condition.

Several people who were driving on Los Feliz Blvd witnessed the brutal aftermath of the shooting.  (Content below is VERY GRAPHIC)

The videos show the man laying face down in the grass with a large amount of blood from his head. The two officers involved then begin to handcuff the critically injured man and roll his limp body over onto his back. It is beyond belief at why this unarmed man was handcuffed after the police on scene knew they had just shot him for no justified reason other than they were scared because the man had a towel around his arm.