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Demonstrators gather in the San Diego area after police fatally shoot a man they say was 'acting erratically'

El Cajon Police DepartmentProtesters gathered in the San Diego area on Tuesday after a man was fatally shot by police. The incident happened in the city of El Cajon, about 16 miles northeast of San Diego. El Cajon police said officers were responding to reports of a man acting erratically. In a press release describing the incident, the department said the man, an African-American in his 30s, was "walking in traffic." Local news outlets cited family members who identified the man as Alfred Olango. As two officers tried to detain Olango, police said he kept one hand in his pocket. "At one point, the subject rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket, placed both hands together and extended them rapidly toward the officer taking up what appeared to be a shooting stance," the police department's press release noted. The department published a still image captured from video obtained from a witness.

 

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