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Calif. police release body-cam footage of deadly OIS in Taco Bell drive-thru

By: Gwendolyn Wu & Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle

VALLEJO, Calif. — In the minutes before Vallejo police officers fatally shot an unresponsive man in a Taco Bell drive-thru lane last month, they talked about opening his car door, grabbing the gun in his lap and dragging him out of the car, police body-cam footage released Friday shows.

But the door was locked.

As the officers’ body cameras rolled, the sleeping man, 21-year-old Willie McCoy, began to move. He used his right hand to scratch near his left shoulder, then bent forward and moved his left arm toward his lap. That’s when officers opened fire through the window with a barrage of bullets, video shows.

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/483398006-Calif-police-release-body-cam-footage-of-deadly-OIS-in-Taco-Bell-drive-thru/