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Sean Monterrosa: body-camera video raises fresh questions about police killing


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Footage reveals officer fired shots before stopping his vehicle and police were uncertain whether Monterrosa was armed

Body-camera footage of the deadly police shooting of Sean Monterrosa has raised new questions about why a Vallejo officer fired a round of bullets from inside his vehicle at the unarmed 22-year-old.

The 2 June killing in the small city north of San Francisco took place outside a Walgreens amid national protests over the police killing of George Floyd. Vallejo officers were responding to a call about looting after midnight when one officer, identified by local reporters as Detective Jarrett Tonn, drove up and fired through the windshield of his unmarked car. After the shooting, the city’s police chief said Monterrosa was on his knees with his hands raised, and that he had a hammer in his pocket.

Continue reading…Footage reveals officer fired shots before stopping his vehicle and police were uncertain whether Monterrosa was armedBody-camera footage of the deadly police shooting of Sean Monterrosa has raised new questions about why a Vallejo officer fired a round of bullets from inside his vehicle at the unarmed 22-year-old.The 2 June killing in the small city north of San Francisco took place outside a Walgreens amid national protests over the police killing of George Floyd. Vallejo officers were responding to a call about looting after midnight when one officer, identified by local reporters as Detective Jarrett Tonn, drove up and fired through the windshield of his unmarked car. After the shooting, the city’s police chief said Monterrosa was on his knees with his hands raised, and that he had a hammer in his pocket. Continue reading…