Witness: Michigan man fatally shot by police had BB gun
May 23, 2021
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BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The uncle of a man fatally shot by Michigan State Police on Saturday said his nephew grabbed a BB gun as an officer moved toward him.
In an interview with WOOD-TV, Harry Pulsipher Sr. said he lived on the Beaver Township property with his ex-wife and his nephew, whom he identified as Johnny Owen King. He said police were called to the mobile home Saturday morning because of a dispute between his ex-wife and King.
“He says I’m not leaving my house and the cop started towards him and he reached up, he had a little BB gun up there, he grabbed that BB gun and he brought it down,” Pulsipher said. “That’s when the guy shot him, he didn’t point it at nobody, he just brought it down off the thing.”