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San Jose police shot athlete trying to wrest gun away from suspect, attorney says

A man who was shot and injured by a San Jose cop while holding a ghost gun during a fight at a downtown taqueria was not the person who brought the handgun to the restaurant, police officials said.

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A man who was shot and injured by a San Jose cop while holding a ghost gun during a fight at a downtown taqueria was not the person who brought the handgun to the restaurant, police officials said.

Highlights

  • K’aun Green, 20, was shot multiple times in the abdomen, leg and arm, attorney says.
  • Officer shot Green while holding a ghost gun during a fight at a downtown taqueria, police say.
  • Video appears to show gun was transferred several times during fight, police chief says.
  • Another man involved in the fight originally brought the ghost gun and brandished it during the melee.
  • The officer who fired his weapon has four years’ experience and was placed on administrative leave, chief says.
  • The shooting is not determined by the city’s district attorney or the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office, which will be investigating whether the shooting was lawful or not.