WATCH: Body cam video shows officer opening fire on Carmel man armed with a crowbar
CARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV) -- New details are emerging from a deadly officer involved shooting in Carmel. Carmel Police Chief Paul Tomasi, Sergeant Gerald Maldonado, and Officer Rene Guevara all staged in front of the home of 27-year-old James Marshall’s home, according to the Monterey County District Attorney’s office.
The body cam video shows the officers engaging with Marshall who is holding a crowbar in the video.
It was around 10:07 a.m. when they saw Marshall on the sidewalk in front of his home, according to the DA. We have learned that Marshall moved to his driveway, that is when Sergeant Maldonado fired bean bag rounds at Marshall, according to the DA’s office. The DA’s office telling KION that the officers chased Marshall into his backyard where he disobeyed orders despite being hit with more bean bag rounds. When Marshall charged at Sgt. Maldonado with the crowbar, Officer Guevara, fired five shots from his service pistol, no other lethal rounds were fired, according to the DA’s office.
Man shot dead by police with an AK-style rifle turns out to be a BB gun, charged at officers with a crowbar before shooting; Monterey County DA's office
CARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The gun that 27-year-old James Marshall was seen holding on the streets of Carmel was a BB gun, according to the Monterey County District Attorney's office.
Carmel Police Officers engaged with Marshall, first firing a bean-bag round at him causing him to drop the BB gun, according to Berkeley Brannon, chief assistant district attorney. Brannon says at that point Marshall ran back into the yard of his home. Officers approached Marshall in his yard.
Marshall was armed with a crowbar and was wearing a tactical vest, according to the DA's office. Brannon says that Marshall charged at the officers with said crowbar, that is when one officer opened fire shooting six rounds at Marshall, one of the rounds getting through the tactical vest. Officers then tackled Marshall. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
An investigation of Marshall's home found tinfoil on the windows, BB holes in the walls, and writing on the walls, according the DA's office.
Man with an AK-style rifle identified in an officer-involved shooting, now dead; Monterey Sheriff's Office
CARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV) -- A man, now identified as 27-year-old James Marshall of Carmel, walked with an AK-style rifle down 8th and Monte Verde streets in Carmel, multiple witnesses told KION and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office confirmed Friday.
The Monterey Sheriff's Office confirmed that the suspect is now dead. They say that he passed away in the hospital after officers opened fire. This after deescalate efforts failed, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said that the suspect's mother and a neighbor were the people who notified police, and that his mother said that he had told her he wanted to die in an officer-involved shooting.
According to Golden Bough Playhouse Executive Director Stephen Moorer, the man was walking in a barricaded area and police were notified, arrived on the scene and then shot bean bags at the suspect. Moorer said he saw the man being carried out on a gurney.
The DA's office confirms to KION that they have taken over to investigate the "officer involved shooting."
This is a developing story, more details will be released when KION has more information. A reporter is heading out to the scene.
