California AG will investigate deadly police shooting of Sean Monterrosa
The California Department of Justice will review the shooting death of 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa at the hands of officers at the Vallejo Police Department, the state’s attorney general said.
“We will not be bringing him back, but the action today is critical,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Thursday. “We must have complete, thorough, impartial, fair reviews of officer involved shootings.”
Monterrosa was killed on June 2, 2020 outside a Walgreens store in Vallejo, California. An officer, who was investigating reports of looting on a night of civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death, fired his weapon through a police vehicle’s windshield, striking Monterrosa, police said.
California attorney general to review fatal shooting by Vallejo police
Former California Assemblyman Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference in March shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his nomination for state attorney general. As attorney general, Bonta announced that his office will review a fatal shooting by a Vallejo police officer.
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May 13, 2021 6:21 PM PT
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California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Thursday that his office will review a fatal shooting by a Vallejo police officer on a night of unrest following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Bonta, who recently took over as attorney general after his predecessor, Xavier Becerra, joined the Biden administration, made the unusual decision to intervene in the case of the Vallejo killing after a local prosecutor refused to do so. Bonta criticized Solano County Dist. Atty. Krishna Abrams, who he said had “unilaterally abdicated her responsibility” to look int
Updated on May 13, 2021 at 6:51 pm
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced his office will conduct an independent review of a Vallejo police shooting that left San Francisco resident Sean Monterrosa dead.
The shooting occurred nearly a year ago on June 2 while Vallejo police officers were responding to a report of vandalism at a Walgreens and saw the 22-year-old Monterrosa retreating from the store. Police said the officer who fatally shot Monterrosa mistook a hammer in his sweatshirt pocket for a gun. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
California attorney general will examine killing by police
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FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks in Sacramento, Calif. California s new attorney general on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, promised more action on hate crimes, saying there is a state of crisis because of increases in attacks on Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the U.S. after originating in China. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)Paul Kitagaki Jr./AP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California s new attorney general said Thursday his office will review the fatal shooting of a San Francisco Bay Area man who police say they initially thought was carrying a handgun in his waistband but actually had a hammer.