A protest was held Sunday night for a man who Phoenix police shot and killed in a driveway on Saturday.
The Phoenix Police Department has not released the man's name but both protesters and Phoenix City Councilman Carlos Garcia have said he was James Garcia.officer fatally shot a manOfficers were responding to a call about a man suspected in an aggravated assault last week returning with a knife, Phoenix police said Saturday. The caller pointed police to a home where the man was reported to be located. As officers approached the home, they found a man sitting in a car in the driveway.
“The suspect was not asleep in the vehicle, he armed himself which is what lead to the officer involved shooting,” Fortune said in an email.A video was circulating online appearing to show the shooting. It shows officers surrounding a car in a driveway while one officer yells through the driver's side window not to move or that he will shoot. Seconds later, shots can be heard, and people nearby start yelling.
"I do think continuing to see these cases should alarm everyone and should get everybody on the same page demanding accountability and transparency," Garcia said. Local protest group W.E. Rising Project organized the protest in outrage over the shooting and to demand two officers' body-camera video of the shooting be released.
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