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DA clears deputy who shot and killed homeless Black man in San Clemente

DA says Deputy Eduardo Duran was justified in shooting and killing Kurt Andreas Reinhold. Reinhold, 42, was shot and killed in San Clemente, Orange County, in September 2020. DA: Deputies had no reason to

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DA says Deputy Eduardo Duran was justified in shooting and killing Kurt Andreas Reinhold. Reinhold, 42, was shot and killed in San Clemente, Orange County, in September 2020. DA: Deputies had no reason to

Highlights

  • DA’s Office says Deputy Eduardo Duran was justified in shooting and killing Kurt Andreas Reinhold.
  • Reinhold, 42, was stopped by deputies on suspicion of jaywalking in San Clemente, Orange County.
  • He was struck twice in his upper torso in the Sept.
  • 23, 2020, killing.
  • Video shows Reinhold reaching for a deputy’s gun, but prosecutors say he wasn’t reaching for it.
  • Attorney for Reinhold’s family calls the report “disappointing but not surprising,” saying it was “racially motivated” District Attorney’s Office: “This was a racially motivated stop aimed at Mr.