Mob Forms After “Erratic” Allegedly Unarmed Man Is Shot By Police In El Cajon

By Bob Owens

Here we go again.

An African-American man shot in an encounter with El Cajon Police was treated in a parking lot while a woman identified as his sister wailed nearby, demanding to know why police shot the man she had called them to help.

Dozens of officers swarmed the Broadway Village Shopping Center Tuesday at approximately 1 p.m. The shooting happened on the 700 block of Broadway at South Mollison Avenue, El Cajon Police said. The location is just north of Interstate 8 and west of State Route 67.

Almost three hours later, police officers told NBC 7 San Diego the man was acting erratically and failed to comply, while witnesses questioned the police motives in the shooting. Crowds gathering by the scene of the shooting began chanting, demanding answers from police.
Officers quickly secured the parking lot near the shooting. One witness at a local restaurant told NBC 7 police came and confiscated their cell phones following the incident; another witness recalled hearing an officer fire three or four rounds.

“I didn’t hear any command ‘Halt’, ‘Stop’ or ‘I’ll shoot,’” …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms