The Tracy Police Department held a press conference on Tuesday evening regarding an officer-involved shooting of a Muslim teen that occurred on Friday.
Officer-worn body camera footage shared at the press conference shows the suspect holding a knife as the officer, identified only as Officer Ramirez, orders him to drop it five times. The officer then shoots the suspect, later identified as a 17-year-old teen. He was taken to a hospital where he continues to be in serious but stable condition, according to police.
According to the Tracy Police BWC footage, when the first officer arrived, he made contact with the knife-wielding male and the suspect approached him. The suspect is given commands to drop the knife, but fails to do so and continues to approach the officer and his brother, police claim. Police Chief Sekou Millington said that the officer did have a taser, but"didn't have time to react to consider a taser" instead of a gun.
Police Chief Sekou Millington admitted at the press briefing that there was a language barrier between the officer and the teen."There's no doubt about that," he said, but the Chief said that there was the"universal language" of a uniformed police officer with his weapon drawn,"No matter where you're from, is understood, don't approach with a deadly weapon.
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