Monday, August 30, 2010

San Bernandino, CA: San Bernardino DA says police shooting justified

The Associated Press
Posted: 08/27/2010 07:12:29 AM PDT
Updated: 08/27/2010 09:32:26 AM PDT

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—The San Bernardino County district attorney's office has released a report saying a police officer was justified when he shot and killed a 20-year-old armed man on May 31.
The report says around noon that day Davon Maurice Johnson had an argument with his girlfriend so she moved to her mother's house. Johnson followed her and a new fight started, a pattern that continued through the day.
Shortly after 10 p.m., police got a 911 call saying Johnson had returned again and was armed.
When Officer Marc Alvarez confronted him, Johnson took a gun from his waistband, pointed it at Alvarez and told him: "You're not taking me."
The report says Alvarez fired three times, hitting Johnson once in the chest. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

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