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The way that authorities responded to his calls for help, family said, was excessive and brutal.
“He did what we’re supposed to do, which is call for help,” family friend Lamikia Castillo told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff. “Instead of getting help, he is now dead, and his family is left to pick up the pieces and figure this out.”
Long Beach Police Chief Wally Hebeish said LBPD specialized teams attempted to de-escalate the situation, tried nonlethal tactics to engage Brandon and get him to give up his gun, but that after two hours, the 38-year-old refused.
Man accused of killing 2 toddlers in Southern California charged with murder
Police said that eventually, Brandon pointed his gun in their direction, prompting a shootout that left him dead and an officer with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-38-shot-dead-by-police-on-steps-of-long-beach-church-called-911-himself/
“He did what we’re supposed to do, which is call for help,” family friend Lamikia Castillo told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff. “Instead of getting help, he is now dead, and his family is left to pick up the pieces and figure this out.”
Long Beach Police Chief Wally Hebeish said LBPD specialized teams attempted to de-escalate the situation, tried nonlethal tactics to engage Brandon and get him to give up his gun, but that after two hours, the 38-year-old refused.
Man accused of killing 2 toddlers in Southern California charged with murder
Police said that eventually, Brandon pointed his gun in their direction, prompting a shootout that left him dead and an officer with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-38-shot-dead-by-police-on-steps-of-long-beach-church-called-911-himself/
