--- description: A federal judge ordered the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena to release video of a deadly police shooting of an unarmed suspect Tuesday title: Video Shows Deadly Police Shooting in Los Angeles Suburb 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 # Video Shows Deadly Police Shooting in Los Angeles Suburb  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 15, 2015 4:17 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 15, 2015 4:17 PM CUT A federal judge on Tuesday [ordered](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-federal-judge-orders-release-of-videos-20150714-story.html#page=2 "undefined") a Los Angeles suburb to release video of police shooting an unarmed suspect in 2013, ending a two-year legal battle over whether the public has a right to see the video. The video above, captured by police car cameras in Gardena, Calif., depicts three men surrendering to police after being wrongly suspected of stealing a bicycle, the Los Angles _Times_ reports. Police surrounding the men have their guns in the air, then open fire when one of the men, Ricardo Diaz Zeferino, fidgets and removes his hat. Diaz Zeferino was killed and one of the other men was wounded. A lawsuit over the death was settled for $4.7 million, but media outlets pressed for the release of the video. U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson said that releasing the footage served the public interest. “The fact that they spent the city’s money, presumably derived from taxes, only strengthens the public’s interest in seeing the videos,” he wrote in his decision. \[[_Los Angeles Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-federal-judge-orders-release-of-videos-20150714-story.html#page=2 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3958454/gardena-california-police-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3958454/gardena-california-police-shooting/"},"headline":"Video Shows Deadly Police Shooting in Los Angeles Suburb","datePublished":"2015-07-15T16:17:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:15:45.058Z","description":"The video contains graphic content, which some viewers may find disturbing","url":"https://time.com/3958454/gardena-california-police-shooting/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"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/3958454/gardena-california-police-shooting/","name":"Video Shows Deadly Police Shooting in Los Angeles Suburb"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Released Footage of Police Shooting in Gardena","description":"Released Footage of Police Shooting in Gardena","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/rtVDU05M/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-15T15:27:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rtVDU05M.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3958454/gardena-california-police-shooting/","duration":"PT53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3958454/gardena-california-police-shooting/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```