Officer who killed transient initially said he saw no weapon
Source: Associated Press
Officer who killed transient initially said he saw no weapon
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press
Updated 6:50 pm, Wednesday, December 23, 2015
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego police officer who shot and killed a transient within seconds of exiting his car initially told investigators that he didn't see a weapon but said days later that he recalled thinking the man might be carrying a knife, according to a report released Wednesday.
Officer Neal Browder answered "no" when asked the day of the April 30 shooting if he saw a weapon, at which time his attorney said his client wouldn't elaborate. Five days later, police let Browder and his attorney watch a business' surveillance video for about 20 minutes before another interview.
Browder, who was responding to a 911 call of a knife-wielding suspect, said in the second interview that he saw Fridoon Nehad, 42, carrying what looked like a metal object as the suspect walked down a dark alley toward the police car.
It turned out Nehad was wielding a pen.
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