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A Black man is suing the San Diego Police Department after he was shot with beanbag rounds and bitten by a police dog during an arrest last month.
According to Fox 5 San Diego, the incident occurred Oct. 24 at a home in in Valencia Park. Police showed up at the residence responding to a report of a man threatening a woman with a gun, according to SDPD.
Police say that after they arrived at the home, they called for the suspect, who was later identified as 31-year-old Marcus Evans. Police claim Evans was “repeatedly ordered” to surrender but did not. After shooting Evans with the non-lethal bean bag rounds, officers let their K-9 loose on Evans.
“I don’t know why they used this force and I think that is a burning question for the community to know. Why was this type of force used and applied on this person at this time,” Evans’ lawyer, Dante Pride, told FOX 5/KUSI.
The video captured of the incident paints a different story than the one initially told by the police.