SAN DIEGO
The District Attorney’s Office on Friday said it has cleared police officers involved in five unrelated shootings in San Diego County over the last year, four of which were fatal.
Prosecutors found that officers had acted reasonably in the five shootings, which date back to July 2020. Guns or objects that officers thought looked like guns played a role in four of them. The fifth person was carrying a metal bar when he charged police.
The District Attorney’s Office said all five incidents share a common factor: Each suspect had methamphetamine in his system.
On July 5, 2020, San Diego police shot and wounded a 25-year-old man who’d slipped out of his handcuffs in the sally port at the Police Department’s downtown headquarters, grabbed a gun and fired a shot. Four days later, San Diego police shot and killed a 49-year-old man after a brief standoff in City Heights when he picked up what appeared to be a handgun and pointed it at them.
DA Office says 20 police officers in five shootings were not guilty
San Diego (CNS)-The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office issued a report on Friday stating that 20 local police officers will not face criminal charges related to five shooting incidents involving police officers, four of which resulted in deaths.
The report investigated in detail the July 2020 shooting incidents involving highway patrol personnel in San Diego, Chula Vista, and California.
Two of the cases involved the suspect shooting at the police. One of the men pointed an air gun at the police officer, and the other man ran towards the police officer with a metal rod. The last case involved a man who was shot and killed in a cross-county car chase. He pointed a black object at the police and found it was a toothbrush.
San Diego DA s office clears 20 officers in five separate police shootings
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County District Attorney s Office released reports Friday indicating that 20 local police officers will not face criminal charges related to five separate officer-involved shootings, four of which resulted in fatalities.
The reports detail investigations into shootings involving San Diego, Chula Vista and California Highway Patrol officers dating back to July of 2020.
Two of the cases involved suspects firing shots at officers.
One involved a man pointing an airsoft pistol at officers, while another involved a man wielding a metal rod and running toward officers. The final case involved a man who was fatally shot following a cross-county car chase in which he pointed a black object at officers, which turned out to be a toothbrush.
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