Texas family calls for officer's arrest after man is fatally shot in front yard of home [View all]
The family of a Killeen, Texas, man fatally shot by police in the front yard of his home is calling for the officer's arrest.
The shooting happened Sunday just before 5:30 p.m. when the family of Patrick Warren Sr., a Black man, called police to ask that a mental health professional be sent to the home.
Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who is representing the family, told NBC affiliate KCEN-TV that the family was told that a mental health deputy was not available so a police officer was sent.
The Killeen Police Department said that officer Reynaldo Contreras was sent to the home in response to a psychiatric call. When Contreras arrived he "encountered an emotionally distressed man," according to a police statement.
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