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California man shot after calling cops ‘pigs’, charging them with steel bar
A California man was shot and killed Sunday after calling cops “pigs” and working in the direction of them with a metal bar.
Bodycam footage allegedly exhibits Adam Barcenas, 60, charging towards officers in Oxnard, California with a five-foot metal bar Sunday at 6 a.m.
Oxnard cops had been conducting a DUI investigation when Barcenas – who was not concerned – confronted them.
Barcenas could be heard calling the officers “pigs” and yelling “I hate you” within the video.
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Bodycam footage exhibits Adam Barcenas approaching officers in Oxnard, California with a five-foot metal bar. (Oxnard Police Division)
Officers requested Barcenas to face down, however he superior in the direction of an officer who then fired 4 pictures.
“Barcenas ignored the officers’ instructions and continued to advance in the direction of the officers in an aggressive and threatening method,” the Oxnard Police Division stated in a press launch.
Three of the pictures struck Barcenas. One other officer fired her taser, which didn’t penetrate Barcena’s pores and skin.
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Officers requested Barcenas to face down, however he superior in the direction of an officer who then fired 4 pictures. (Oxnard Police Division)
Barcenas was taken to Ventura County Medical Middle the place he died a couple of hours later. No officers had been injured through the confrontation.
The officers concerned within the taking pictures have been positioned on paid administrative depart, per division protocol.
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“Each time there may be an officer-involved taking pictures, or the officers are in any other case concerned in a deadly incident, three separate investigations are set into movement,” Oxnard Police Chief Jason Benites stated in a press release.
Barcenas was shot by a police officer and was taken to Ventura County Medical Middle the place he handed away a couple of hours later. (Oxnard Police Division)