Philadelphia police shooting evidence contradicts narrative
Source: AP
By MICHAEL R. SISAK
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evidence made public Tuesday from a fatal Philadelphia police shooting that protesters said paralleled other high-profile killings of black men appears to contradict the official narrative that the victim was reaching into his car for a loaded pistol.
A lawyer for 26-year-old Brandon Tate-Brown's family said surveillance videos and transcripts of interviews with the officers and several witnesses showed the original story of the shooting last December "was a complete and utter lie."
Police described Tate-Brown reaching for the weapon in their initial statements on the shooting. District Attorney Seth Williams repeated the claim in March when he said Officers Nicholas Carrelli and Heng Dang would not face criminal charges.
Carrelli told a different story when he talked to internal affairs investigators a few days after Williams' announcement. He said he opened fire as Tate-Brown ran toward the passenger side of the Dodge Charger, but before he reached inside.
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