ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN SALINAS. THIS AFTERNOON’S FATAL SHOOTING OCCURRED NEAR NORTH SANBORN ROAD AND DEL MONTE, AFTER A HOMEOWNER CALLED POLICE OFFICERS TO SAY A PERSON WAS IN HER BACKYARD, TRYING TO BREAK INTO HER HOUSE. A HISPANIC MAN WAS FOUND BRANDISHING GARDENING SHEARS. WHEN ASKED IN ENGLISH (AND SPANISH) TO PUT THE SHEARS DOWN, THE MAN INSTEAD WAVED THE SHEARS AROUND. WHEN HE LUNGED AT THEM, AND THEIR STUN GUN FAILED TO STOP HIM, THEY FIRED THEIR HANDGUNS.….KILLING HIM.
