Video shows Southern California police shooting a Black man as he ran away
A Southern California police officer fatally shot a 23-year-old Black man who was blocked by a building when he attempted to run away, according to officials and video of the incident.
A Southern California police officer fatally shot a 23-year-old Black man who was blocked by a building when he attempted to run away, according to officials and video of the incident.
In a Tuesday video statement, San Bernardino Police Chief Darren Goodman said two uniformed officers on Saturday in an unmarked car responded to reports of an armed Black man in the parking lot of a business.
Video shows Southern California police shooting a Black man as he ran awayJuly 20, 202202:28Goodman said that when the officers arrived, a man with a gun, identified as Rob Marquise Adams, started walking toward the car.
But the young man's mother, Tamika King, insisted that he had a cellphone, not a gun, in his hand — and was speaking to her just before police arrived.
King said Adams could be seen in the video celebrating his friend's purchase of a new car.
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