DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO —
SWAT snipers shot and killed a wanted man April 13 after they reported seeing him armed with a gun and “holding back” his girlfriend at the end of a long standoff at San Diego High School, according to video released Thursday.
The body-worn camera footage released by San Diego police showed the moments before two SWAT snipers killed 36-year-old Christopher Templo Marquez, as well as the moments afterward, when SWAT officers swarmed a dumpster where Marquez had holed up with his girlfriend.
Because of Marquez’s position in the trash bin, and the positions SWAT officers had taken up for safety, the footage did not capture Marquez being shot.