Alfred Olango, the mentally ill black man who was fatally shot by El Cajon police, was holding a vape pen while he was shot by an officer, authorities announced on Wednesday.
This morning protesters lined up outside the city’s police department calling for a federal investigation into the police shooting. The US Justice Department answered the call late Wednesday night and announced that they are investigating the fatal police shooting.
Mr Olango's sister can be heard in cellphone footage telling officers that she called to get her brother help. She says she should have called a crisis communication team.
“Don’t you guys have a crisis communication team to talk to somebody mentally sick?” she asks. “Why couldn’t you tase him? Why, why, why, why?”
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