A man who was shot and injured by a San Jose cop while holding a ghost gun during a fight at a downtown taqueria was not the person who brought the handgun to the restaurant, police officials said.
t at a downtown taqueria was not the person who brought the handgun to the restaurant, police officials said.
Adante Pointer, an attorney representing the young man, identified him as 20-year-old K'aun Green, who was a star athlete at McClymonds High School in Oakland. He said Green was backing away from his attackers and trying to exit the restaurant, with no idea that officers were outside. Mata said officers believed an active shooter situation was unfolding or about to occur. He said that information was broadcast over police radio and triggered a heavy police response.Surveillance video from inside a San Jose taqueria that evolved into an officer involved shooting.
Mata said Green was told to drop the gun several times before an officer opened fire on the man, shooting him several times.
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