• A Los Angeles cop who died in what the department said was a training accident was actually killed for being a possible whistleblower — and was about to reveal information about a gang rape by police, his family claims.
• Houston Tipping, 32, died three days after an on-duty incident at the department’s Elysian Park Academy on May 26. His death has been ruled an accident.
• The five-year veteran was acting as a bike instructor in a scenario that involved grappling with another officer, LAPD said in a statement after his death.

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