Who Is Walter William DeLeon? LAPD Victim Waving Towel Would Not Have Provoked Officers, Family Says

Walter William DeLeon, a man critically wounded by Los Angeles police last week, was a construction worker who often carried a towel because he was sweaty, his family said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Monday. DeLeon, 48, was on foot when he reportedly used a towel to flag down two LAPD officers in a squad car.