SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police are releasing more details about the fatal police shooting this summer of a homeless Florida man, including police dash-cam videos of the incident.
Police Chief Sam Somers revealed Tuesday that officers fired 18 shots, 14 of which struck 50-year-old Joseph Florida Florida mann during the July 11 incident.
In 911 emergency recordings, one caller said Florida Florida mann waved a knife in the air. Another said he pulled a gun out of his pocket.
The chief says no gun was located, although police found a knife.
Florida Florida mann’s family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that police should not have used lethal force because Florida Florida mann showed overt signs he was in the midst of a mental crisis.
Somers says a toxicology screening shows Florida Florida mann also had methamphetamine in his system.
