Los Angeles police officer’s training death ruled accidental

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report says a Los Angeles police officer died from injuries he received in a training accident but wasn’t beaten by fellow officers as his mother alleges. The report issued last month says 32-year-old Houston Tipping suffered a spinal cord injury after he fell down while holding another officer in a “bear hug” while acting as instructor during a May 26 exercise at the Police Academy. The report says Tipping fractured his neck. He died three days later after developing a brain injury due to cell death from lack of oxygen. The death was ruled an accident. Tipping’s mother has claimed he was beaten by other officers to “simulate a mob.”