LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officer saying “happy hunting” before two other officers fatally shot a barricaded suspect earlier this month was determined to be an isolated incident after an internal review of SWAT team operations over the last 10 years, Deputy Chief David Kowalski said Tuesday at a police commission meeting.
Kowalski, the commanding officer of the Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau, added that he did not identify any patterns in the SWAT Team based on the incident and felt that the department took swift and appropriate action to discipline the officer for the May 3 incident. The officer was immediately removed from the field after the remark was discovered.
