San Bernardino Police Officer Fatally Shoots an Armed Man

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 10-24-2020, 12:54 PM

A San Bernardino police officer fatally shot an armed man when he pulled out a gun and the officer fired four shots on Thursday night, Oct. 22, authorities said.

M. M. B. Jr., 35, of San Bernardino, died after he was shot multiple times. No one else was injured, San Bernardino police said.

At around 11:15 p.m., officers responded to a call of a man with a gun who was jumping on cars outside of the King Tut liquor store on Baseline Street near Waterman Avenue, police said in a statement.

When the responding officer arrived, he contacted him and gave commands that he did not follow, and then he tried to go into the store, which had people inside, the statement said.

The officer tried to restrain him and there was a struggle, police said.

“The suspect was able to physically overpower the officer and retrieved a weapon from his pocket, and was turning to face the officer,” the statement said.

“At this time, an officer-involved shooting occurred. The officer discharged his duty weapon four times and the suspect was struck multiple times.”

The shooting of the black man, comes a couple of months after nationwide protests over police shootings of people of color.

Several dozen people gathered for a protest on Friday evening at the location of the shooting, at 279 Baseline Street. The demonstration was largely peaceful as of 7:30 p.m.

“We demand to see body (camera) footage and footage from the store location. We demand the truth,” a flyer about the event circulating on social media read. It wasn’t clear who was organizing the demonstration.

On Friday afternoon, San Bernardino police released body camera footage of the incident and the 911 call.