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By Howard Blume
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — A 32-year-old Los Angeles police officer died Sunday of injuries suffered three days earlier in a training accident.
Houston Tipping, a five-year veteran, was hurt in a training accident Thursday at the Elysian Park Academy, according to Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore called Houston Tipping “a bright and uplifting young man with a full life in front of him.” (LAPD)
“Despite the valiant efforts of his classmates” and medical staff, Tipping “could not recover,” the chief said in a tweet.
Moore called Tipping “a bright and uplifting young man with a full life in front of him.”
According to a statement from the chief, at the time of the accident, Tipping was a bike instructor engaged in a training scenario involving grappling with another officer. During the scenario, Tipping fell to the floor and suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury.
Officers immediately began CPR and summoned emergency aid. Tipping was taken to L.A. County-USC Medical Center in Boyle Heights.
The Police Department is investigating the accident to identify additional measures to prevent such incidents in the future, according to Moore’s statement.
Tipping worked as a patrol officer in the Devonshire division, which covers the area of Northridge, Reseda, Chatsworth and other parts of the north San Fernando Valley.
In a tweet, the Los Angeles Police Protective League said that Tipping “patrolled the neighborhoods of Devonshire and worked as a bike instructor. He loved serving as a police officer.”
Today our city lost one of its young heroes, LAPD Officer Houston Tipping. A 5-year veteran, Officer Tipping patrolled the neighborhoods of Devonshire and worked as a bike instructor. He loved serving as a police officer. pic.twitter.com/ktjsTA0h70
— LAPPL (@LAPPL) May 29, 2022
Another tribute came in a tweet from Sandra Zamora, senior lead officer for the Devonshire area: “He was a #smart, #kind, #friendly & #funny man to know.”
She added in another tweet: ” Houston was a great Officer. Very helpful and always willing to go above and beyond for others.”
(1 of 2) Tragedy struck & we have lost one of our own to a training accident that occurred this past Thursday at our Elysian Park Academy. Despite the valiant efforts of his classmates and the medical staff at USCMD, Officer Houston Tipping could not recover. pic.twitter.com/UxT2PAky5T
— Chief Michel Moore (@LAPDChiefMoore) May 30, 2022
Times staff writer Kevin Rector contributed to this report.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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