Thread: El Cajon CA. police shoot black man, witnesses say he was unarmed with hands showing

California police shoot man, witnesses say he was unarmed with hands showing

BY TOBIAS SALINGER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 7:58 PM

San Diego-area police shot a man who witnesses said was unarmed with his hands up Tuesday afternoon.

Gunfire rang out around 2 p.m. local time in a parking lot at the Broadway Village Shopping Center in El Cajon, Calif., KNSD-TV reported. Witnesses and family members said that the as-yet-unidentified man shot by police is a mentally-challenged black man.

The man wounded by officers didn't follow their orders when they arrived to the scene, El Cajon police spokesman Rob Ransweiler told reporters at a news conference. The officers showed up at the scene on Broadway and N. Mollison Ave. after three separate radio calls, Ransweiler said.

Police in El Cajon, Calif., said a man behaving erratically was shot by police Tuesday afternoon. A Facebook Live user broadcasted from the scene right after the shooting.

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He declined requests to know whether the wounded man was armed or not, citing the beginning of investigations by police and prosecutors.

"Officers responded to an erratic subject that ended with an officer involved shooting. We will post updates here as they are available," El Cajon police said on Twitter.

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The man was hospitalized, but no more information on his condition was available,KSWB-TV reported. El Cajon police didn’t immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment.

An angry crowd began gathering at the scene roughly 15 miles outside San Diego hours after the shooting, according to KGTV. An employee at a nearby restaurant said her colleague voluntarily turned over a cell phone with video of the shooting to police.

A Facebook Live user who posted the video said the woman shown above had called police for help then wound up watching her brother get shot.

(VIA FACEBOOK)
A Facebook user said an anguished woman seen wearing a nurse's uniform in a Facebook Live broadcast from the scene had called police Tuesday.

“OK, so the police did it again, y’all,” the user said.

“They shot another unarmed black person, as usual.

And the lady is saying she called them for help, not to kill her brother, and they shot her brother.”

The Facebook user who shot the video said, "OK, so the police did it again, y’all. They shot another unarmed black person, as usual.

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Witnesses who spoke to the TV station said they saw the shooting victim's arms outstretched as officers surrounded him with guns drawn.

"The black male was up with his hands up like this, scared to death, not knowing which way he was gonna go," said one man who stretched his arms wide. "And that's the honest truth."

The shooting happened a week after Charlotte, N.C., police fatally shot 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott.

Investigators said Scott was armed and posed a threat, but protests erupted when members of Scott's family said he didn't have a gun.

This story will be updated.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crim...icle-1.2809204

Encounter With 'Erratic' African-American Man Ends With Officer-Involved Shooting in El Cajon: PD

The shooting sparked uproar in the community, prompting many to gather at the scene and demand answers.

By Samantha Tatro

NBC 7's Dave Summers hears from a witness who described the events of the shooting.
(Published 3 hours ago)

An African-American man was shot in an encounter with El Cajon Police Tuesday, multiple witnesses said, while a woman wailed nearby, demanding to know why police shot her brother.

Hours later, police officers told NBC 7 San Diego the man was acting erratically and failed to comply, although they did not release details on the specific threat he presented to officers.

• Police Shoot 'Erratic' Man in El Cajon Parking Lot

Dozens of officers swarmed a public shopping center in the heart of El Cajon at 1 p.m. The community is approximately 30 miles east of downtown San Diego.

Video Shows Family Reaction on Scene of El Cajon

Shooting[IMG]http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/620*349/vlcsnap-2016-09-27-16h27m08s559.png[/IMG]NBC 7's Mari Payton has more on video footage taken at the scene. (Published 3 hours ago)

One witness recalled seeing an officer fire five rounds. Another man said police fired on a man who had his hands out to his side. A manager inside a nearby restaurant said the suspect refused to remove his arms from his side. Police said witness video showed the man did not have his hands in the air.

Witnesses questioned the police motives in the shooting. Crowds gathering by the scene of the shooting began chanting, demanding answers from police.

Crowds Gathering in Peace at Scene of El Cajon

Shooting[IMG]http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/620*349/El_Cajon_crowd_social_vid_1200x675_774448707857.jp g[/IMG]NBC 7's Ashley Matthews is at the scene where a crowd has formed in prayer, sending a message of peace.
(Published 2 hours ago)

Officers quickly secured the parking lot near the shooting, at Broadway and North Mollison, north of Interstate 8 and west of State Route 67.

One witness at a local restaurant told NBC 7 police came and took away their phones following the incident.

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NBC 7's Dave Summer is at the scene where employees of the restaurant are sharing their account of what happened.
(Published 4 hours ago)

"I didn’t hear any command ‘Halt’, ‘Stop’ or ‘I’ll shoot,’" said one witness identified as George. "I didn’t hear any command or yelling. I didn’t hear the man say anything. Next thing I see ‘Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow’ – five shots.”

El Cajon Police spokesman Rob Ransweiler said police responded to a radio call of a 30-year-old "erratic subject."

Man Acting 'Erratically' Shot in El Cajon: Police
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A Facebook live video shows the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting in El Cajon. A witness shares what she saw with officers at the scene.
(Published 5 hours ago)

Ransweiler said, the man did not comply but would not say if the man had a weapon. "I have the information," Ransweiler said. "It’s an ongoing investigation, so I’m not releasing details of the investigation.”

[IMG]http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/620*349/El-Cajon-OIS-0927-1.jpg[/IMG]Police Shoot 'Erratic' Man in El Cajon Parking Lot
One video posted to FB shows a woman, identified as the suspect's sister, crying. In the video, she’s heard saying: “I called you to help me but you killed my brother.”

“Why couldn’t you guys tase him? Why, why, why, why?” the woman cries out.

In the video, police approach the woman for questioning.

“I called so many times to help him,” she said, as officers ask the woman for her brother’s name and age.

Other passersby tried to comfort the woman.
Michael Ray Rodriguez witnessed the shooting as it unfolded right in front of him.

“When I seen the suspect, he had his hands up,” Rodriguez said holding his arms out to the side. "I seen two officers with their firearm on him."

"The man’s hands are up. No shirt," he added. "He didn’t have no shirt."

The suspect's sister said she was encouraging her brother to do what police were telling him to do; she indicated to NBC 7 that her brother was not showing his hands.

Police said witness video showed the man did not have his hands in the air.

While the suspect stood in that position, another police officer came and blocked the suspect in three directions, Rodriguez said. He said he witnessed the suspect run to the right, and as he did so, he saw the officer fire five shots, knocking the suspect to the ground.

The man was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital. His condition is unknown.

The entire shooting was captured on mobile phone video from the drive-through at the Los Panchos restaurant. NBC 7's Dave Summers said an El Cajon lieutenant told him the restaurant worker voluntarily turned over the phone. The video at some point in this investigation will be released, the lieutenant told Summers.

According to the restaurant's manager, the video shows the suspect refusing to remove his hands from his side.

Maria, an employee at Los Panchos in El Cajon, said police came into the restaurant and took all cell phones from employees after the shooting; they told employees not to talk to anyone, according to Maria. NBC 7 has not confirmed how many phones were confiscated.

Los Panchos was placed under lock down, Maria told NBC 7.

The shooting in the community east of San Diego occurred just three days after police in Charlotte, North Carolina released video showing the Sept. 20 killing of Keith Lamont Scott. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a police officer shot and killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on a highway six days after the Charlotte shooting. In that case, Officer Betty Shelby, has been charged with manslaughter.

Both shootings have reignited protests from members of the African American community questioning the actions of law enforcement officers.

El Cajon City Councilmembers approved the purchase of 88 body cameras this past May, but the El Cajon Police Chief Jeff Davis said he was hoping to have the cameras in use by the start of 2017.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story.

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