SAN MARCOS — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has released body-worn camera footage capturing officers’ fatal shooting of a man in San Marcos last month, after they said he fired a gun at them during a traffic stop.
The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. on Feb. 18 in the 600 block of North Twin Oaks Valley Road. Andre Raphael Mendez, 33, of Oceanside, was in the passenger seat of the car and was fatally shot by six officers and died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
The video, released on Friday by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, shows the body-worn camera footage of Deputy Sean Dwyer approaching the vehicle and telling the 21-year-old woman in the driver’s seat that the car’s third brake light is out, and that the license plate for the car does not appear to match the vehicle…