A man who Berkeley police said pointed a weapon at officers before an officer shot him last month was armed with an air rifle, officials said Tuesday.
Police previously said Ricardo Ruiz was armed with a gun. It turned out the weapon was an air rifle, which was loaded with metal pellets, police said in a video released Tuesday.
An officer shot Ruiz when the 33-year-old stepped out of an apartment and pointed the weapon at officers, police said, but officers’ body-worn cameras didn’t capture Ruiz’s actions when he was shot…