"A witness's video shows San Jose police cruisers, sirens blaring, racing toward a busy downtown intersection. Shots ring out. A man authorities said had been in multiple gunbattles with police and had shot a sergeant in the head emerges from the driver's side of a police car, then runs from officers before collapsing amid a hail of gunfire. Seconds later, another police vehicle speeding to the scene barrels over the man, the video shows."
"Law enforcement experts who viewed the video of the Wednesday afternoon shooting said officers were almost certainly warranted in opening fire on Husien, who authorities said used a firearm with an extended magazine to target officers, including the sergeant who survived a grazing bullet wound. Some experts, however, said the footage suggests a chaotic and disorganized police response that may have endangered bystanders."
A video shows San Jose police cruisers racing to a downtown intersection as shots ring out. A man identified as 30-year-old Mohamed Husien emerged from a police car, ran, and collapsed amid gunfire. Another police vehicle ran over him seconds later. Officers fired additional shots and later said Husien remained armed. A sergeant sustained a grazing head wound but survived. Law enforcement experts who reviewed the footage judged officers likely justified in firing because Husien fired at officers with an extended-magazine firearm. Some experts raised concerns about chaotic response and risk to bystanders.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]