A 17-year-old man armed with a knife was taken to hospital Friday afternoon after he was shot twice by an officer in Tracy, police said. Tracy Police said an officer was called to Foxtail Way at 1:47 p.m. after reports of a man chasing another man with a knife. Police said they made numerous 911 calls. An officer arrived and contacted the man with the knife, telling him to drop it, police said. Tracy police said on Facebook: “The suspect did not follow orders as he advanced towards the officer. Concerned for his safety and the safety of others in the area, the officer shot the individual.” Police said the officer who shot the teen is a 28-year-old veteran of the Department. Investigators are reviewing body camera footage and plan to release it soon, a department spokesperson told KCRA 3’s Lee Anne Denyer. We got it right, without training or even legal issues. This is our duty to the community,” Lt. said. A spokesman for the department was present Friday. Officers at the scene administered first aid to the teen who was shot before emergency medical personnel arrived, police said. Stable. Ysit said detectives were still working to establish the relationship between the teen and the other male involved, and the circumstances that led to the police arrival. He said: “I don’t yet know the exact dynamics of what happened before we arrived. James Cummings, who lives nearby, said he saw the young man with the knife running after another man, and at one point, during the ordeal, the young man without the knife tried to get into his garage. Cummings said he Calling the police and hearing two gunshots later, “It ended the way it ended and I think everything else is in God’s hands,” he said. The central California office of the Sacramento Valley/Council on American-Islamic Relations said the man was shot The person is a Muslim teenager and called for an independent investigation. “We are monitoring this extremely disturbing incident and demand that law enforcement authorities operate with full transparency and conduct an independent investigation to promptly release all the facts of this case, said Basim Elkarra, executive director of CAIR-SV/CC. Elkarra said Friday he wanted to see body camera footage before making additional comments. Tracy Police said investigators were working to interview witnesses and would not release Police are carrying camera footage with them until those interviews are over. Anyone with information to share is encouraged to contact Detective Detective Philip Giusto at Philip.Giusto@TracyPD.com or at 209-831-6551.
A 17-year-old man armed with a knife was taken to hospital Friday afternoon after he was shot twice by an officer in Tracy, police said.
Tracy Police said an officer was called to Foxtail Way at 1:47 p.m. after reports of a man chasing another man with a knife. Police said they made numerous 911 calls.
An officer arrived, contacted the man with a knife and told him to drop it, police said.
Tracy Police said on Facebook: “The suspect did not follow orders as he advanced towards the officer. The officer feared for his safety and the safety of others in the area and shot the individual.”
Police said the officer who shot the teen was a 28-year-old veteran of the department.
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Investigators are reviewing body camera footage and plan to release it soon, a department spokesperson told KCRA 3’s Lee Anne Denyer.
“In the event of any use of force, and of course a shooting involving an officer, we will do everything we can to make sure we do it right, without training or even legal issues. It’s our duty to the community,” said Lt. Zhou, a spokesman for the department. Five is present.
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Officers at the scene administered first aid to the teen who was shot before emergency medical personnel arrived, police said. He is in serious but stable condition.
Detectives are still working to establish the relationship between the teen and the other male involved and the circumstances that led to the arrival of police, Ysit said.
“I don’t yet know the exact dynamics of what happened before we got there,” he said.
James Cummings, who lives nearby, said he saw the young man with the knife chase another person, and at one point, the young man without the knife tried to get into his garage during the ordeal. Cummings said he called police and later heard two shots.
“It ended the way it ended, and I guess everything else is in God’s hands,” he said.
The Sacramento Valley/Central California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the person who was shot was a Muslim teen and called for an independent investigation.
CAIR-SV/CC Executive Director Basim Elkarra said: “We are monitoring this extremely disturbing incident and demand that law enforcement authorities operate with full transparency and conduct an independent investigation to promptly publish all the facts of this case.”
Elkarra said Friday that he wanted to see the body camera footage before making further comments.
Tracy police said investigators are working to interview witnesses and will not release police body camera footage until interviews are complete.
Anyone with information to share is encouraged to contact Detective Detective Philip Giusto at Philip.Giusto@TracyPD.com or at 209-831-6551.