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El Cajon Police say the man did not comply with orders from an officer and the encounter ended with an officer-involved shooting (scene pictured above) It is unclear how many times he was shot or what part of his body was struck.ĭavis said the second officer fired his Taser at the man the same time the other officer fired from his gun. He died from injuries a short time later. Police provided first aid for the man at the scene until medics arrived and took him to the hospital. 'Simultaneously, the officer with the firearm discharged his weapon several times, striking the subject.' 'At this time, the officer with the electronic control device discharged his weapon. A video shared to social media by Rumbie Mubaiwa shows a woman identified as the victim's sister, Sarah, crying hysterically in the parking lot after witnessing the shooting El Cajon Police say they were called to a parking lot (above) at the Broadway Village Shopping Center at 1pm after being told a black man was acting 'erratically' The shooting victim's sister (above) can be heard saying: 'I called you to help me but you killed my brother,' who she named as Alfred Olango in the Facebook video 'At one point, the subject rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket, placed both hands together and extended them rapidly toward the officer taking up what appeared to be a shooting stance,' the statement reads. When the man did not follow their demands, one officer drew his firearm and pointed it the manĪ second officer who responded to the scene drew a Taser, aiming it at the man. Maria Medina, an employee at the nearby Los Panchos restaurant in El Cajon, said one of her co-workers recorded video of the shooting, but then had her phone taken by police.Įl Cajon cops denied any phones were 'confiscated'. Police insist he did not have his hands in the air. He said the man refused multiple instructions by the first officer on the scene to remove his hand from his pocket.īut a witness told NBC 7 that Olango, who is believed to have suffered from mental health problems, had his hands up when he was fatally shot. Police said they were called to the Broadway Village Shopping Center in El Cajon, after they received calls Olango was behaving erratically and 'not acting like himself', a statement from police reads.ĭavis said on Tuesday night that the shooting victim was walking in traffic 'not only endangering himself, but motorists.' One officer points a gun while another aims a Taser at the man Scroll down for video The photo above shows the moment right before Alfred Olango, 30, was shot dead by El Cajon police. Video of the shooting appears to show Olango taking something from his pocket and pointing it at officers, but police have refused to said what it was. They did not find a gun at the scene.Įl Cajon Police Chief Jeff Davis said his officers fired because Olango quickly extended the object and took a stance 'suggesting he was about to shoot'. Just minutes after the fatal shooting, a witness captured his horrified sister screaming: 'I called police to help him, not to kill him'.
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