What an Unarmed Black Man Was Holding When He Was Shot by Police

NEWS BRIEF The black man who was shot and killed by police in a San Diego suburb Tuesday was unarmed, police now say. Alfred Okwera Olango was confronted by El Cajon police while acting erratically and concealing his hands in his pants pockets. After ignoring several commands and pacing around, he “rapidly drew and object from his front pants pockets, placed both hands together on it, and extended it rapidly toward [one] officer, taking what appeared to be a shooting stance,” Police Chief Jeff Davis said Tuesday. An officer then shot Olango, while another fired a Taser.