"In the deputies' defense, the man they shot had called 911, claimed that he had a gun, and said that he intended to harm people with it. But when the smoke had cleared, it turns out the man was just carrying a pipe. KTVU has the news that Alameda County Sheriff's deputies fatally shot a man who they thought was brandishing a gun at around 3:15 am Monday morning in the San Leandro area, on the 16000 block of Selborne Drive."
"The deputies said they saw the man as an "immediate threat," and KTVU reports that "Surveillance video obtained by KTVU shows the man slowly walking toward deputies before raising an object at them." Deputies thought he had a gun, and they had reason to think that. The man had reportedly phoned 911 claiming he had a gun, and saying that he intended to harm people with it."
Alameda County Sheriff's deputies fatally shot a man around 3:15 a.m. in San Leandro on the 16000 block of Selborne Drive after officers perceived him as an immediate threat. Surveillance video shows the man walking toward deputies before raising an object; deputies believed the object was a gun. The man had called 911 claiming he had a gun and intended to harm people. After the shooting, deputies found the man was holding a pipe, not a firearm. The man's identity remains withheld under a press hold. The state Attorney General's office is obliged to investigate.
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