"The video then allegedly shows Mr. Alatini shoot the victim in his back. What we did see is a brandishing of a firearm prior to the victim ever displaying pepper spray and/or using that pepper spray. So actually in that sense, it would support the victim having used some form of self defense."
"The incident, which took place in a small gated parking lot near Aunt Charlie's Lounge just before 9 am on a Wednesday morning, was captured on surveillance video. Alatini works as a security guard for the parking lot, and according to prosecutors, video shows the unnamed victim engaging Alatini in a conversation."
On February 11, 37-year-old Sefanaia Alatini, a parking lot security guard, shot and killed an unnamed victim on Turk Street in San Francisco. Surveillance video captured the incident, showing Alatini retrieving a firearm before the victim sprayed pepper spray and turned to leave. Alatini then shot the victim in the back. The District Attorney charged Alatini with murder, rejecting his self-defense claim. Prosecutors argue the video shows Alatini brandishing the firearm before the victim displayed pepper spray, suggesting the victim was acting in self-defense. Alatini remained at the scene and was arrested the same day. He was arraigned Wednesday and prosecutors requested he be held without bail due to the crime's violence and his prior 2013 felony conviction.
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