It’s pretty obvious where this is headed, as El Cajon, Calif., has just made its way into Twitter’s list of trending topics following the officer-involved shooting there Tuesday of a black man who was allegedly acting erratically in the parking lot of a shopping center.
That’s about all that NBC San Diego has to report at this time, with the addition that the shooting has caused uproar in the community.
#BREAKING: Crowd gathering at the scene of officer-involved shooting of a black man in El Cajon. Team Coverage @CBS8 at 5pm pic.twitter.com/V01btu2F1n
— Barbara Richards (@sdbrichards) September 27, 2016
10News adds that, according to police, the unidentified man failed to follow the patrol personnel’s directives, leading to a confrontation that ended in gunfire.
A quick scan of the tweets that are sending El Cajon up the Twitter chart claim that the man who was shot was having a seizure and/or was mentally disabled. Eyewitnesses say the man was unarmed, with some saying he was carrying a vaping device, not a gun.
https://twitter.com/ashrenee9109/status/780919430536531968
https://twitter.com/gileric/status/780930076154195969
There’s enough information to draw a crowd to the scene.
This makes me sick. Witnesses said that the as-yet-unidentified man shot by police is a mentally-challenged black man. #ElCajon #Shooting
— ʟᴏᴄᴜᴛᴜꜱ ᴏꜰ ʙᴏʀɢ ™ (@WildPalmsLtd) September 28, 2016
El Cajon police your job is to serve/protect, not shoot five bullets into a mentally challenged, unarmed, complying black man. #AlfredOlango
— Gord Macey (@GordMacey) September 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/SamMorgan71/status/780936449399021568
El Cajon, CA PD just shot & killed a black man who's sister had called 911 4 help cuz he was having a seizure & now he dead #EnoughIsEnough
— CT Tha Great ? (@Chris_PoV) September 28, 2016
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Police say the man is currently hospitalized with unknown injuries.
Tempers flare after OIS in #ElCajon. Family members say man shot was mentally challenged. #NBC7 pic.twitter.com/6SH2Gos5be
— Ashley Matthews (@ashleyNBC7) September 27, 2016
Anger in aftermath of officer_involved shooting in El Cajon. Shouting, prayers, cursing as crowd grows. @10News 6:00p pic.twitter.com/wnNdmm5jXV
— Steve Fiorina (@10NewsFiorina) September 28, 2016
Police Express anger at police after officer-involved shooting of black man in El Cajon. @KUSINews pic.twitter.com/rPHnwEMxWM
— Ashlie Rodriguez (@AshlieSanDiego) September 27, 2016
Officer-involved shooting of black man in El Cajon. Tune in for details at @KUSINews pic.twitter.com/ac9s1NC1AP
— Ashlie Rodriguez (@AshlieSanDiego) September 27, 2016
A crowd, including family members, is demanding answers from El Cajon police pic.twitter.com/uuCVrW7aQq
— David Hernandez (@D4VIDHernandez) September 27, 2016
The San Diego ACLU has weighed in on reports that police confiscated the cell phones of possible witnesses to the shooting, noting that the organization is waiting for facts but is concerned about violations of the First and Fourth Amendments.
Our statement on shooting in #ElCajon, special attn to #ECPD's confiscation of phones. Thoughts w/victim's family. https://t.co/EKnfqpdKLX pic.twitter.com/GpccVqlvJI
— ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (@sdACLU) September 28, 2016
Here’s the story from the police department so far:
Officers responded to an erratic subject that ended with an officer involved shooting. We will post updates here as they are available.
— El Cajon Police (@elcajonpolice) September 27, 2016
We’ll also post updates as they are available; it seems likely this story is going to grow quickly.
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Update:
The crowd at the site of the shooting on Broadway in El Cajon has grown. Many people irate, saying the shooting was racially motivated. pic.twitter.com/E6dou887RV
— David Hernandez (@D4VIDHernandez) September 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/DaveSummersNBC7/status/780947352907452416
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Update:
Police are attempting to put a halt to the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” narrative.
The investigation just started, but based on the video voluntarily provided by a witness, the subject did NOT have his hands up in the air
— El Cajon Police (@elcajonpolice) September 28, 2016
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