“He is a hero and should be treated as such!” his attorney said.
Courtesy of San Jose Policecollege football player who disarmed a gunman was shot by police at a San Jose taqueria early Sunday, police confirmed.
At about 3 a.m. Sunday, 20-year-old Oakland resident K’aun Green was eating at La Victoria Taqueria with his friend when a separate group started harassing him, attorney Adante Pointer toldOne of the members of the group was in possession of a ghost gun, KGO reported, when an altercation broke out between the two groups. Green took the gun away from the member of the group, and was holding the weapon when officers arrived on the scene.
San Jose police Chief Anthony Mata, at a news conference Tuesday, alleged that the victim was repeatedly asked to drop the gun before he shot. But Pointer, in an interview with KGO, disputed that claim — saying that Green was backing down as the officer yelled and shot at Green “within less than a second.” He added that he and Green plan to file a suit against the police department.on Monday. “He disarmed a man that was threatening folks. He didn’t deserve to be shot.”
Green was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries in his abdomen, arm and leg. He is a defensive end for Contra Costa College’s varsity football team, according toThe individual who brought the gun into La Victoria was later arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, Mata said Tuesday.