FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – Over two years after a man was shot and killed by a Fresno Police officer, the California Department of Justice has announced they are not filing any charges against the officer involved in the case.
A press release from Attorney General Rob Bonta showed the California DOJ has found that the officer was justified.
The shooting happened on May 19, 2022, after 911 dispatchers got a call about an issue at a Fresno home on W. Cortland Avenue.
A woman called to say her son, Austin Flores, was likely high on drugs and was violating an emergency restraining order. She told 911 that he might be armed but added, she wasn’t sure if the gun he had was real or fake.
“He brandished the gun and said if they come for me I am ready for them,” the woman said on the 911 call, released by Fresno Police.
Body camera video, also released by the Fresno Police Department, shows officers arriving at the home and telling Flores to get out of a parked car in the backyard.