[kellyhound]

A video taken by a passerby shows a man, identified as Jontell Reedom, being pursued by a Tulare, California police officer and fighting with him.

The officer and his partner used a baton, Taser and pepper spray during the scuffle, but when Reedom took the baton away from one officer that's when shots were fired.

"It was a horrible thing to watch. He didn't deserve to die like that. I think there were other things that could have been done to de-escalate the situation," said Amber Wilson, a friend of the shooting victim.

Wilson and others, who came to leave items at a memorial on the sidewalk where Reedom was killed, saw the video and felt police went too far.

"I think they could have done it a better way than to take a life," Rick Berry said.

Tulare Police note Reedom was a suspect in a physical assault on a bus driver and resisted arrest.

"During this altercation, the subject grabbed the officer's baton and that's when shots were fired," interim Chief Barry Jones said.

The two police officers involved were injured, and one has a broken nose. Both have been placed on administrative leave while the Tulare County Sheriff's Department conducts an investigation into the shooting.

Friend Gabe Adulvar said Reedom had mental health problems in recent years and often wandered the streets but was known to police.

"I know they ran into him a lot because people would call because he was walking around a lot. But I don't want people to remember him like that.

I want them to remember him like he was in high school. He was top notch, he was being recruited to Texas and USC," Alduvar said.

Tulare Police identify the man shot and killed by officers on Monday as 27-year-old Jontell Reedom.

Police say two officers tried to arrest Reedom but he slipped away. Officers deployed a taser but it was unsuccessful before a fist fight ensued with the suspect.

After chasing Reedom and struggling to apprehend him, police say shots were fired. Both officers are on paid administrative leave as the Tulare County Sheriff's Office investigates this case.

Reedom was a class of 2009 standout football player for Tulare Union HIgh School. His family is planning a march to the Tulare Police Department on Wednesday.

[Blindside]

When police tell you to stop and you fight them like you're Muhammad Ali shit happens

[TheUrinator]

The combined IQ of the occupants in that car added up to about 3. WorldStar!

[akobriger]

One officer had a broken nose because the suspect was beating him. A baton can be used to kill someone. Force was met with force. The Police tried using two types of non-lethal force first. That was unsuccessful. The suspect escalated his assault with a weapon taken from the officer. All other means had already been exhausted. From what I saw in the video and the info I have, this was a justifiable shoot. If you fight the Police and pose an imminent threat of great bodily harm or death to the Officer or anyone else, shooting the suspect is justified. Period. Its very easy for ignorant citizens to criticize the actions of Police when they have zero understanding of the laws. Had the Officers not killed him, they could have suffered permanent brain damage or could have been killed by blows to the head and face from a baton

[xmooster]

Calm, rational cop = 1 shot
Overexcited cop = 8 shots

[GottaHurt]

Very disappointed they didn't shoot the morons in the car.

[feb1199]

He deserved it for being a jackass

[NUUDLZ]

Right....they should've pointed right at them and emptied the clip...when you turn around and throw dukes and use a baton against an officer you should expect to get shot repeatedly !!! What the fuck is wrong with people??? You think that you can get away with punching and hitting a cop with a baton??? Stupid ass motherfucker winning stupid ass motherfucker prizes !!! Piss on his grave !!! Hey cop nice shot !!!:2gunsfiring_v1 :: 2gunsfiring_v1::ro ckon

[feb1199]

[QUOTE=akobriger;5867630]One officer had a broken nose because the suspect was beating him. A baton can be used to kill someone. Force was met with force. The Police tried using two types of non-lethal force first. That was unsuccessful. The suspect escalated his assault with a weapon taken from the officer. All other means had already been exhausted. From what I saw in the video and the info I have, this was a justifiable shoot. If you fight the Police and pose an imminent threat of great bodily harm or death to the Officer or anyone else, shooting the suspect is justified. Period. Its very easy for ignorant citizens to criticize the actions of Police when they have zero understanding of the laws. Had the Officers not killed him, they could have suffered permanent brain damage or could have been killed by blows to the head and face from a baton
Completely agree with u

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Good job officers