--- description: A new report identifies the man as a bank robber and French national title: Man Killed on Skid Row by L.A. Police Was Convicted Robber image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Killed on Skid Row by L.A. Police Was Convicted Robber by [Rachel Janik](/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2015 8:46 PM CUT by [Rachel Janik](/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2015 8:46 PM CUT The homeless man killed by Los Angeles police officers on Sunday in a deadly incident caught on video was a convicted bank robber and a French national, according to a [new report](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-man-shot-dead-lapd-skid-row-20150303-story.html "undefined") Tuesday. Identified as Charley Saturmin Robinet, he had been accused of robbing a bank and pistol-whipping a teller in 2000 before he and other suspects led police on a chase, according to the Los Angeles _Times_, whose report cited federal prison records and anonymous sources close to the investigation. The 39-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison and released last May. Officers on Sunday were responding to a suspected robbery call on Skid Row when police say a confrontation with the man turned into a struggle involving one of the officer’s weapons before shots rang out. A bystander caught the altercation on video, and L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck said an officer and sergeant’s body cameras provided a “unique perspective,” without alluding to what is shown. Read more at [The Los Angeles Times](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-man-shot-dead-lapd-skid-row-20150303-story.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3730678/man-shot-lapd-bank-robber/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3730678/man-shot-lapd-bank-robber/"},"headline":"Man Killed on Skid Row by L.A. Police Was Convicted Robber","datePublished":"2015-03-03T20:46:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:52:58.563Z","description":"A new report identifies the man as a bank robber and French national","url":"https://time.com/3730678/man-shot-lapd-bank-robber/","keywords":["Crime","LAPD","Police Shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Janik","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-janik/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3730678/man-shot-lapd-bank-robber/","name":"Man Killed on Skid Row by L.A. Police Was Convicted Robber"}}]}] ```