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Chief: Man shot by officers pointed a water nozzle
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A man shot to death by two police officers was found to have pointed a pistol-grip water nozzle at them rather than a weapon, the police chief said Monday at a news conference marked by sobs from the victim's relatives.
The Long Beach officers were summoned by a 911 report of a man with a gun and fired at him when he pointed the black metal-tipped object at them in a two-handed posture that looked like what a person would do when they are about to shoot a weapon, Chief Jim McDonnell said.
Douglas Zerby, 35, was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon at the scene.
"This is a very unfortunate set of circumstances and leaves the family to deal with it here," McDonnell said, offering his condolences to the Zerby family.
The officers were dispatched to an apartment building at 4:40 p.m. after two people reported a man with a gun sitting on a backyard porch landing, he said.
In an excerpt of a 911 call played for reporters, a male caller said the man appeared to have a "tiny six-shooter"
http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=13665718
I Gurantee it when another all white Jury wont give officers a prison sentence. Remember Rodney King when LAPD officers roughed him up and beat him just for speeding? And when the Jury reached a verdict Not Guilty the Blacks burned half the city down.
Heres what happened back in 1992
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A man shot to death by two police officers was found to have pointed a pistol-grip water nozzle at them rather than a weapon, the police chief said Monday at a news conference marked by sobs from the victim's relatives.
The Long Beach officers were summoned by a 911 report of a man with a gun and fired at him when he pointed the black metal-tipped object at them in a two-handed posture that looked like what a person would do when they are about to shoot a weapon, Chief Jim McDonnell said.
Douglas Zerby, 35, was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon at the scene.
"This is a very unfortunate set of circumstances and leaves the family to deal with it here," McDonnell said, offering his condolences to the Zerby family.
The officers were dispatched to an apartment building at 4:40 p.m. after two people reported a man with a gun sitting on a backyard porch landing, he said.
In an excerpt of a 911 call played for reporters, a male caller said the man appeared to have a "tiny six-shooter"
http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=13665718
I Gurantee it when another all white Jury wont give officers a prison sentence. Remember Rodney King when LAPD officers roughed him up and beat him just for speeding? And when the Jury reached a verdict Not Guilty the Blacks burned half the city down.
Heres what happened back in 1992