iStock/Thinkstock(EL CAJON, Calif.) — Police in El Cajon, California shot and killed an unidentified black man Tuesday afternoon, sparking protests.
Police said they received a call from the man’s sister saying he was “not acting like himself,” walking in traffic and endangering himself and motorists.
Two officers approached the man and instructed him to take his hand out of his pants pocket, police said.
The man did not respond to the instructions and at one point “rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket, placed both hands together and extended them rapidly toward the officer taking up what appeared to be a shooting stance,” police said.
At that point, one officer discharged a taser while the other officer shot the man several times with his firearm. The man was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A witness to the shooting provided a cellphone video that police say supports their version of events. The video has not yet been released.
El Cajon Police Chief Jeff Davis vowed a thorough investigation.
“This will be transparent,” he said. “This will be looked at by multiple sets of eyes, and not just ours.”
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