United States and French officials revealed that the homeless man who was shot and killed by the Los Angeles police on the city's Skid Row section was using an assumed name.

He was also a subject of a manhunt for violating probation terms for a bank robbery conviction.

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The U.S. law enforcer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was using an assumed name of Charley Saturmin Robinet. He was 39 years old.

Consul general for France in Los Angeles Axel Cruau said the man had stolen the identity of another person in France, whose real name is Charley Robinet.

The man who was killed by the cops on Sunday had applied for the passport in the late 1990s. He entered the US from France to pursue an acting job.

In 2000, Robinet was convicted of robbing a Wells Fargo outlet in the United States. The French consulate got to know Robinet because he needed legal assistance when he figured in the robbery case.

Robinet was about to be released from prison in 2013 when authorities found another person under the same name and birthdate in France. They concluded that the one in the U.S. was the impostor.

Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Ed Ross said the man in the U.S. was imprisoned for 13 years and 6 months.

At one point, he was assigned to the mental unit of the prison facility, after he was supposedly found to be suffering from a "mental disease or defect" that required treatment.

The man was released in May 2014.

But even after he was freed, Robinet was still required to report to his probation officer, as mandated by the rules of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement.

In typical cases, foreigners who have been set free are immediately deported after serving the criminal conviction.

But in Robinet's case, France would not take him because his French citizenship could not be clearly proven.

When Robinet failed to report to his probation officer for 3 months following his release, a federal warrant was issued for him in January.

A confrontation with police officers last Sunday resulted to his death.

The incident was recorded by an onlooker in his cellular phone. This video clip was then uploaded and viewed by millions of people online.

Law enforcers said Robinet tried to grab a cop's gun before 3 other officers fired at him. The investigation on the death of Robinet continues.

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