Man Gunned Down By Police While Checking Facebook And Smoking A Cigarette [View all]

[MrScorpio]

Last week, a California man was fatally shot by police outside of his cousin’s home. According to the family, 22-year-old Tommy McClain’s death was completely unjustified.

According to police, four Eureka officers were in the area searching for two people on felony warrants. They found two men involved in a dispute outside – one of which they claim was McClain. Officers at the scene claimed that McClain was armed.

McClain was shot at 12:30 a.m. after he “grabbed for” his gun. He was then taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

However, McClain’s family tells a different story. McClain had been at the house of Josh Mottern, McClain’s cousin, who had gone to sleep around midnight after celebrating his birthday. Also at home were his wife, Nichole Mottern, her mother, and the couple’s two children.

Nichole Mottern said McClain, who had been out earlier with the cousin to celebrate, went outside to smoke a cigarette while she checked on her husband. When she glanced out the second-story window, she saw an officer “looking around” the property and another officer running toward the front of the house. When she went outside to see why, she said officers told her to put her hands up. She complied and then watched the horrifying scene unfold. Mottern said:

“Tommy was already out there. He sits out there and smokes cigarettes. He came out from beside the porch … He started to put his hands up. He walked out into the grass … They were telling him to come.”

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